Five dead and four seriously injured in an accident in the Cerreate mine in Astuias | Spain

Five people died in an accident that occurred around 8.45 am on Monday inside the Cerredo Mine, in the Asturian city of Degaña (805 inhabitants), according to the emergency service of the Principality of Asturie (SEPA) and four other people were injured, one with a head -of -termphal trauma and two with serious burns. The five deceased are residents of the province of León and aged between 32 and 54, according to the government delegation. Asturias and Castilla y León decreed two days of official mourning.

The spokesman for the government of the Principality of Asturias, Guillermo Peláez, confirmed that there are nine affected and indicated that they were working with an exploitation permit relating to a possible use of minerals for the production of graphite.

Some employees consulted indicate a possible accident from An explosion of Grisú, An flammable gas composed mainly of methane that accumulates in coal mines and which, when it comes into contact with a spark or a source of heat, can trigger devastating explosions. The same hypothesis launched the government delegate in Asturie, Adriana Lastra, who assured that the accident occurred around 8.45. “Now the important thing is that the judicial police are already investigating what has happened, I am already on the ground and, in principle, what seems to have been an explosion of Grisú, but while I say they must wait for the judicial police to do its job,” said the delegate.

The return to the activity of the underground mine of Cerredo is part of a private research project, head of the Blue Solving company, began last summer for the Alternative mineral extraction coal with which you try to produce graphite.

One of the injured was transferred by helicopter to the Central University Hospital of Astuias (Huca), in Oviedo; Two others were transferred to Villablino Hospital (León); And a basic vital support ambulance brought the injured room to the Carmen hospital and Severo Ochoa de Cangas del Narcea (Asturie). The mine has also moved both the rescue unit and the canine unit. From the government delegation in Asturias continue to “with concern” the accident and indicate, through their X account, that “in the Asturias firefighters area, the Hunosa mining rescue brigade and the civil guard are already deployed”. There are two people who came out of the accident.

The 112-Asturia emergency coordination center received a 9.32 call in which an incidence was notified in the mine. In another subsequent communication, the informant explained that there was a problem with a car. After the Notices, The Rescue Group was Activated with a Medicalized Helicopter of the separate And Also The Other Two Multifunction Helicopters of the Autonomous Body, One To Transfer to the Mining Rescue Brigade from the Fondón Well – Another Historical Mining Exploitation, Already Closed – and The Other to Transfer the Interventions Personnel to the Place, Among Others, The Canine Unit, The Canine Unit Reports, The Canine Unit, The Canine Unit, The Canine Unit Reports.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, transmitted through his report of X his condolences to the relatives of the victims of the accident and wished a speedy healing to the injured, thanking the work of the emergency services: “A sense embraces the relatives of the fatal victims of the accident produced in a mine in Degañ who are working on the rescue work”, said the president.

The third vice -president and minister for the ecological transition and the demographic challenge, Sara Aagesen, sent her “condolences and” a big hug “to the relatives of the people killed by a work accident recorded in a Mine of Cerredo (Zarréu), also in Asturias. Also my wishes for the speedy recovery to those who have been injured”, says Aeagesen in a message on social works.

The president of the Principality of the Asturies, Adrián Barbón, explained on his social networks that he had been informed of the accident while he was on the government council and sent his condolences to families. He also added that he was going to Degaña to move to the advanced command, where the government delegate, Adriana Lastra, the Belarmina Díaz and the general manager of cooperation and local security, Jorge Olmo were already the delegate. Jorge Olmo. Barbón also announced that he has ordered the two -day official declaration on the Principality of Asturie, “as a sign of respect for the deceased people”. In coordination with his Asturian counterpart, the president Castigliano and Leonese, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, also decreed two days of official mourning in his community and has transmitted his “condolences” and his “love” for families, companions and friends.

The Cerredo mine was, for years, an essential pillar for the south -western Asturian. His exploitation generated employment and energized the local economy. In its largest period of activity, not only did you provide a work directed to numerous miners, but has also stimulated a network of services and shops in the area.

The latest accident in this mine took place in 2015When a 40 -year -old life lost his life after the collapse of a tunnel. The miner’s body was buried by the tons of rocks and coal that fell on the truck in which it was. The accident took place about two kilometers from the tunnel entrance.

Despite the technological progress and security measures implemented in the mines in recent years, the accidents of Grisú remain reality. In 2022, a catastrophe in Türkiye for the same cause caused the death of at least 41 people. About 110 miners were in the area at the time of the explosion; Almost half of them, more than 300 meters deep when the event occurred.