Indonesian police are questioning six folks after a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java.
The quarry proprietor is amongst these being quizzed because the investigation continues into what prompted the incident on the Gunung Kuda quarry on Friday.
A dozen survivors have been discovered following the collapse in Cirebon district.
By Saturday afternoon, rescuers had retrieved 16 our bodies, and one of many survivors died in hospital, in keeping with native police chief Sumarni.
She mentioned rescuers are trying to find eight folks nonetheless believed to be trapped within the rubble.
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“The search operation has been hampered by bad weather, unstable soil and rugged terrain,” added Sumarni, who goes by a single title, as is customary for a lot of Indonesians.
Native tv confirmed emergency personnel, police, troopers and volunteers desperately digging by the particles on the foot of a steep limestone cliff on Saturday.
Additional footage captured excavators attempting to shift enormous rocks and employees putting physique luggage in an ambulance.
Unlawful or casual mines are widespread in Indonesia, and convey the danger of landslides, flooding and tunnel collapses.
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On Friday, West Java governor Dedi Mulyadi mentioned he had ordered the closure of this quarry, in addition to 4 different comparable websites within the province.
Final 12 months, a landslide triggered by torrential rains worn out an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at the least 15 folks.
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The nation was hit by a number of different main landslides in 2024.
