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(CNN) --
At least 4 people died and 30 were seriously injured after several boxes in a plaza in El Espinal, in the western Colombian state of Tolima, collapsed during a bullfight on Sunday, Ricardo Orozco reported. Governor of Tolima.
In addition, local media report that there were hundreds more injured after what happened.
"At this time we have confirmed four (deadly) victims, two women, an adult man and a minor, in addition to some 30 seriously injured people. Of course, we activate all the hospitals and ambulances with which we can work," he said. the Governor of the Department of Tolima, Ricardo Orozco, live on BluRadio Colombia, a local radio station.
"Tonight we will have a special risk management council throughout the Department and we will ask the mayors to suspend all bullfighting in the Department. Unfortunately it is not up to us to ban them, but we hope that the mayors will suspend the bullfights given what has happened " .
A video released by Colombia's president-elect Gustavo Petro shows how a stand full of spectators at Sunday's bullfight collapses as people try to flee the area.
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Espinal Mayor Juan Carlos Tamayo confirmed the accident in a Facebook post on Sunday, asking citizens to evacuate the area.
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"We deeply regret what happened in our bullring," Tamayo said in the statement, adding: "I want to ask all citizens who are in the area to please evacuate, the authorities are already attending to the emergency and the injured have been taken to hospitals. Please, let's evacuate, together let's help the emergency services so they can do their job."
For his part, the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, lamented the tragedy in El Espinal and said that they will request an investigation of the events.
No official cause for the collapse has been given, but Tamayo said in his statement that authorities "have already begun to investigate the causes of what happened."
CNN is working to confirm the official casualty figures.
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