QUITO, Nov 19 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – An illegal coal mine collapsed in a landslide, in north-western Ecuador, killing at least three people, the country’s disaster relief agency said today.
Three people were rescued, and another two are still missing, said the National Risk and Emergency Management Service.
The collapse happened at around 3.00 p.m. local time (2000 GMT) yesterday, in the Esmeraldas province, near the border with Colombia.
Local media reported that, the accident resulted from excavations in an illegal mine, that caused a landslide.
“I have ordered risk and emergency agencies to take all necessary actions, to safeguard people’s lives,” Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno, tweeted.
