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.
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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.