INDONESIA - At least 10 people have been killed after a stone quarry collapsed in Indone-sia’s West Java province, with the country’s disaster agency saying search efforts are ongo-ing to find missing people buried beneath the rubble.
The collapse took place on Friday at Gunung Kuda mining site in Cirebon, West Java. Footage from the scene of the accident shows excavators moving large rocks and emergency workers placing victims in body bags in an ambulance. Footage circulating online showed rescuers struggling to retrieve a body from the devastated area. Another showed people scrambling for safety as thick dust rose from a pile of rocks and soil that had collapsed. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure said at least 10 people had been killed, but gave no estimate on the number of people missing. It said heavy machinery – including three excavators – were buried and rescue operations would continue throughout Saturday. Rescue teams have already pulled a dozen injured people from the debris during a gruelling search effort, according to Cirebon district police chief, Sumarni, who uses a single name. (Aljazeera)
