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26 January 2011
Last updated at 09:31 ET
Up to 30 miners are reported to have been trapped by an explosion in a coal mine in north-eastern Colombia.
Yamile Rangel, mayor of the town of Sardinata, told Colombian media that eight other workers had been found, although their condition was not clear.
Reports said a build-up of gases had caused the explosion at the La Preciosa mine in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela.
In February 2007 a gas explosion at the same mine killed more than 30 workers.
After that blast, authorities said they would step up their supervision of Colombia's mines.
Last November, nine workers died at two mines in the Cundinamarca region of Colombia.
Following the latest incident, rescue teams from surrounding areas have gone to the Sardinata mine, Colombian radio reported.
Colombia is one of the world's largest coal exporters and has the second-largest reserves in South America, after Brazil.
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Yamile Rangel, mayor of the town of Sardinata, told Colombian media that eight other workers had been found, although their condition was not clear.
Reports said a build-up of gases had caused the explosion at the La Preciosa mine in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela.
In February 2007 a gas explosion at the same mine killed more than 30 workers.
After that blast, authorities said they would step up their supervision of Colombia's mines.
Last November, nine workers died at two mines in the Cundinamarca region of Colombia.
Following the latest incident, rescue teams from surrounding areas have gone to the Sardinata mine, Colombian radio reported.
Colombia is one of the world's largest coal exporters and has the second-largest reserves in South America, after Brazil.
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