The death toll in an explosion in a coal mine in northeastern Colombia has risen to nine, while six workers remain unaccounted for, the National Mining Agency (ANM) said Saturday. The toll was up from the three dead reported earlier in the accident Monday. The number of missing workers is down from eight earlier Saturday. Some 70 rescuers were continuing a desperate search for victims, while anguished families waited nearby for news. Officials said a buildup of gasses apparently led to a fire, explosion and then the collapse of nearly 90 percent of the mine in the town of El Zulia, near the border with Venezuela. The gasses initially prevented rescuers from approaching the area. The mine, u
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