Eight dead and others missing after quarry collapses in Indonesia
At least eight people have been killed and eight others are missing after a natural stone quarry in the Indonesian province of West Java collapsed on workers at the site, officials said.
More than two dozen people were trapped in the rubble when the mine collapsed in the district of Cirebon, local police said, and rescuers were able to pull a dozen injured people from the debris during a gruelling search effort.
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Nine of them were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Rescuers search for people working at a quarry in Indonesia (Okri Riyana/AP)
'Authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse and we have been questioning the owner and workers of the quarry,' said police.
Police, emergency personnel, soldiers and volunteers were trying to locate any remaining workers, supported by five excavators, but were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides.
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