US EditionWaste mound collapse at Indonesia’s largest landfill kills at least 5 and leaves several missing
Heavy rain caused a landfill collapse at Bantargebang, killing seven workers and vendors; over 200 rescuers used heavy equipment to search the debris, officials said.
- 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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Search called off after Indonesia landfill collapse kills seven
Indonesian rescuers have called off the search for victims of a landslide at the country's largest open landfill after pulling seven bodies out from under debris, an official said Tuesday.
Waste mound collapse at Indonesia's largest landfill kills 7
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At one of the world's largest landfills in Indonesia, at least five people have been spilled by a garbage avalanche.
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.
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