JAKARTA: A landslide on Indonesia´s biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing five people, rescuers said on Monday as they searched for at least four more reported missing.
The landslide struck at 2:30 pm (0730 GMT) on Sunday at Bantargebang, a landfill just 25-kms outside the capital, according to the national search and rescue agency. “The rescuers are opening access using heavy equipment like backhoes and deploying tracking dogs to search for any indication of victims,” the agency said in a statement.
The collapse took place after hours of heavy rain in the area, local media reported. Jakarta and its satellite cities, collectively known as Jabodetabek, are home to about 42 million people and generate an estimated 14,000 tonnes of waste daily.
