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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According to Indonesian media, the collapse of a real mountain of garbage occurred after hours of heavy rainfall.
Avalanche of Garbage Kills 7 at Landfill
A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia's largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain triggered a rubbish dump collapse, officials said Tuesday. More than 300 search-and-rescue personnel, using heavy machinery and sniffer dogs, were deployed to the sprawling dump site late Sunday at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Treatment...
A 50-meter-tall garbage mountain collapsed, killing seven people at the world's largest landfill in Indonesia. A giant garbage mountain collapsed at the world's largest landfill in Indonesia, killing seven people. According to several foreign news agencies, including AFP, on the 10th (local time), the collapse occurred at around 2:30 p.m. on the 8th in a remote area outside Jakarta, Indonesia.
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