Search continues for Indonesia quarry collapse victims, death toll at 17

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Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Sunday for eight people trapped in a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java, where the death toll has reached 17 with six injured, the search and rescue agency Basarnas said.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mr3jbdb8  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Indonesian authorities will continue their search on Sunday for eight people still trapped

00:07after a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java, where the death toll has risen to 17,

00:12with six others injured.

00:14A senior military official involved in the operation said rescue teams are breaking down

00:20rocks at the site to aid efforts in locating the missing.

00:25The National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas, said the figures reported by victims' families

00:31remain provisional.

00:33West Java Governor Deddy Mulyadi said in an Instagram post that the collapse site in Sireban

00:39is hazardous and does not meet safety standards for workers.

00:44He added that the mining operator has been sanctioned and ordered to shut down following

00:48the incident on Friday.

00:50The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said it will investigate the cause of the

00:55issue.

00:56The energy and mineral resources ministry said it will investigate the cause of the

01:01state of the government.

01:04And as soon as they will be enlist, we will make some changes to the government's

01:06disability.

01:07Surah, Mineral Resources, tunnel, andWAN in the region YouTube and thekaan.

01:15The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said it will investigate the cause of the

01:20of the collapse and assess the risk of further landslides.

01:24Mohamed Wafid, head of the ministry's geological agency, said Sirriban Regency is prone to

01:31soil movement, particularly during periods of above-average rainfall.

01:35He noted that the combination of steep cliff slopes and the use of the undercutting method

01:39in the open pit mine may have contributed to the collapse.

01:50Thank you very much.

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