Rescuers recover survivors, dead following Indonesian school collapse

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Three people were found dead as rescuers battled to extricate students from the rubble of an under-construction Islamic school building that collapsed earlier this week in Indonesia's province of East Java, bringing the death toll to six.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three people were found dead on Wednesday, as rescuers continued efforts to pull victims

00:05from the rubble of an under-construction Islamic boarding school that collapsed earlier this

00:10week in East Java.

00:12The latest discovery brings the death toll to six.

00:15Yudi Bramantio, Operations Director at Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas,

00:21said five survivors were rescued late Wednesday.

00:24Pada hari ini, kita telah berhasil mengevakuasi tujuh korban dengan rincian lima selamat dan dua

00:37dalam kondisi meninggal dunia.

00:41Oh, yang MD tadi pagi satu, hari ini sore dua, tiga, sama yang kemarin pertama tiga, enam.

00:50Yang hari pertama ya, yang pertama itu ya, yang ada di tempat tapi ada yang meninggal di

00:57rumah sakit.

00:58Jadi yang pertamanya tiga, ini tadi pagi satu, tambah sore ini dua.

01:04While Basarnas has not confirmed how many remain missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency

01:09said 91 people were still unaccounted for.

01:13It added that 100 people had been evacuated, with dozens injured.

01:17The four-story building collapsed on Monday during late afternoon prayers at the mosque

01:22on its lower floor, while construction work was ongoing above.

01:25Officials believe the foundations may have been too weak to support the additional weight

01:30of freshly poured concrete on the top floor.

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