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“They report that there are 14 miners caught up. There was a collapse of approximately four meters, but they are 180 meters deep, ”explained Manuel Ramos Bayter, mayor of Barranco de Loba (municipality where the village of Pueblito Mejía is located), in dialogue with Caracol Radio.
The local president added that in the next few minutes the risk management plan will be activated to begin to understand the severity of the collapse, what caused it and which is the state of workers.
“We hope to activate the risk management committee; we are already taking the necessary actions to provide help to these brothers who are in that condition“Added the mayor of Barranco de Loba, in words compiled by that station.
At the scene already some volunteers are working that try to help the miners locked up, added that radio frequency.
Similarly, the mayor of the municipality of Bolivar indicated that this tragedy occurred in a mine located “in a special reserve area,” which is why the authorities will also investigate whether or not the mine is legal, Semana said.
In this area of the Colombian Caribbean there have been heavy rains in the last hours, according to Caracol Radio. Recent storms in various areas of the country have also caused emergencies in the departments of Santander and Antioquia.
This is the location of Barranco de Loba, Bolívar:
It’s not the only one accident recent in a mine
Last October 20 it was learned of an accident in a mine from coal in Boyacá, where 3 workers were trapped.
Fortunately, three days later, the miners were rescued after the search team dig a second tunnel and use it for the rescue.
In that case, the Civil Defense indicated that technological tools were key to the rescue. With the help of acoustic sensors it was possible to find the place where the workers were, which facilitated the extraction of the material that obstructed the sinkhole.
“At midnight our equipment was used geolocator of trapped people, through the National Mining Agency, which made it possible to improve the location of the miners within the sinkhole by means of acoustic sensors, ”said José Carrero, Civil Defense official, in conversation with Noticias Caracol.
This is the video of the mayor of Barranco de Loba, Bolívar, speaking about the accident of this Wednesday:
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Mayor of Barranco de Loba Bolivar informs that there are 14 miners trapped in “fogaje mine” in the village of Pueblito Mejía pic.twitter.com/BZsXkMwWO2– José Rada 🇨🇴 (@JoseRadaRoldan) November 11, 2020
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