14 dead, 7 injured in Colombia illegal gold mine collapse: why such accidents are common

A representative picture of coal field.Fourteen people were killed and seven others injured after an illegal gold mine collapsed in southwestern Colombia, local authorities said on Monday. The accident took place in the rural Chambero sector of Santa Barbara de Iscuande municipality in Nariño province. Search and rescue operations have concluded, Nariño Governor Luis Alfonso Escobar said.