US EditionWaste mound collapse at Indonesia’s largest landfill kills at least 5 and leaves several missing
Heavy rain caused an unstable garbage mound to collapse at Bantargebang landfill, killing four and leaving five missing as over 200 rescuers conduct searches.
- Rescue officials reported a landslide at the Bantargebang landfill, Bekasi, struck at 2.30pm on March 8, burying trucks and a food stall and killing four.
- Heavy rain from Saturday evening made the garbage mountain unstable, and Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said Jakarta administration must take responsibility for waste accumulation.
- More than 200 rescuers have been deployed since Monday morning with 17 excavators and backhoes, using heavy equipment and tracking dogs to search for victims.
- Rescue teams report survivors and unaccounted-for workers, with four survivors and five missing people including truck drivers and scavengers, rescue officials said.
- Bantargebang spans more than 110 hectares and holds about 55 million tonnes of trash, while the government plans US$3.5 billion for 34 waste-to-energy sites as landfills near capacity by 2028.
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The tragedy occurred on the site of Bantargobang where the waste materials of the capital converge. A tragedy the result of a problem that the country continues not to face, stimulating the situations of danger. Just 11% of the plastic is recycled in Indonesia.
The results of a landslide at Indonesia's largest landfill following heavy rains rose to five deaths with at least four missing, the first aid workers said on Monday.
Indonesia's largest landfill site has collapsed due to heavy rain, leaving several dead. Hundreds of rescuers are currently working.
In the event of a landslide on Indonesia's largest dump, at least five people were killed. Rescue forces also searched for at least four missing persons on Monday for their own information. In addition to excavators, trackers were also used.As reported by the Indonesian search and rescue authorities, the landslide occurred on Sunday in Bantargebang, a huge garbage dump 25 kilometers outside the capital Jakarta. According to reports from local me…
On Sunday in Indonesia, one of the world's largest garbage dumps was a deadly drama. A 50-metre-high hill of waste and rubble fell into a slide and buried several people among it. Five people were buried dead, four more are still missing. The disaster occurred at the huge waste disposal plant Bantargebang in the satellite city of Bekasi. Bantargebang receives thousands of tons of waste daily from the Indonesian capital. According to a UN report …
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