Coahuila.- In Villa de Agujita, municipality of Sabinas, in the Coahuila Coal Basinfederal and state authorities assured that in the “Las Conchas” coal mine (well), where a landslide and flood occurred on Wednesday afternoon when 15 miners were working, the rescue work continues without rest.
One hundred and a half members of the Army and brigade members, in turn, with eight pumps, extract the water from the coal farm, which gradually drops in level, highlighted the Governor Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis in evaluation meeting with secretaries and officials.
More than 24 hours after the accident, until this Thursday afternoon, 10 of the 15 miners who were inside the coal farm during the mishap are still trapped.
More than 150 brigade members work in shifts to drain the well, in some areas they work in two or three shifts, 300 or 450, he informed THE UNIVERSALthe Secretary of State Labor, Nazira Zogbi.
Five workers who were polycontusions managed to save themselves, three were transferred by ambulance to clinics and hospitals in the Region where they received emergency medical care and are still hospitalized, stable and out of danger.
Two more managed to get out on their own and did not require hospitalization.
Governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme is still in the collapsed area where he supervises the rescue maneuvers and gives moral support to the families of the charcoal burners.
Elements of the Mexican Army, National Guard (GN), Civil Protection of the three orders of Government, personnel from the Coahuila Labor Secretariat, Government Secretariat, DIF Coahuila, CONAGUA, CFE and expert volunteer rescuers are working in the affected area. of the Carboniferous Region, in sum there are more than 150 people working per shift.
Work is being done on the extraction of water in three adjoining wells, with 8 specialized water pumps that allow greater subtraction and the arrival in the next few hours of 13 pumping teams with greater capacity is expected to speed up the rescue work.
The relatives of the trapped miners are assisted by personnel from the Government of Coahuila and are periodically informed of the progress of the work.
The rescue of the 10 miners is a priority for the three government bodies, so the work will not cease until this work is completed, the state authority remarked.
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