Explosion traps 12 in a Colombian coal mine

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BOGOTA, Colomba (AP) — At least twelve miners are trapped inside a coal mine in central Colombia, officials said Monday night, following an explosion that authorities attributed to the accumulation of gases. Jorge Emilio Rey, the governor of Colombia’s Cundinamarca province said on social platform X, that there were 15 miners inside the mine when the explosion occurred Monday afternoon, but added that three miners were able to escape from the mine “on their own.” One of them was taken to a hospi