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Lee Bullen

Gold Rush: Flood Hell As Miners Die When River Bursts Banks

A flood caused a landslide in the municipality of Abriaqui, Colombia, on 6th April. (@GobAntioquia/Zenger)

At least a dozen miners died when a mountain stream burst its banks and flooded an underground gold mine, officials have revealed.

The disaster took place at the El Porvenir mine – one of the deepest in South America – in the rural municipality of Abriaqui, in the Colombian department of Antioquia, at around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6.

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