As of Friday, 18 people have perished due to the blast.
It happened about 11.45 ET. The San Fernando mine is located in the north western part of Colombia, in the city of Amaga.
At this time there are still 53 miners that are still unable to be located. Another one is being treated for burns.
The funeral for the first of the miners was on Friday.
People are loosing hope as the hours pass and no sign of miners being brought up alive out of the mine.
One lady, Dora Sanchez mentioned to a TV station how her husband had not wanted to go to his job that day.
“We felt a very strong explosion,” miner Edgar Herrera told Caracol. “It left us … stunned, deaf.”
Because the blast happened during a time of a shift change, there were more workers around the mine they there is at other times.
The authorities have had to stop looking for survivors for now due to a build up of gas. To keep looking could put others lives at risk.
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