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Free Malaysia Today
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Free Malaysia Today
6 dead, 14 missing after landslide in Indonesia's Papua
Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to landslides in Indonesia. (AP pic) JAKARTA : Torrential rains forced a halt today to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesman of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Authorities will resume tomorrow their search for those missing after the disaster, which engulfed temporary shelters used by miners. The search effort was hampered by 'damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather', Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of a team of 40 rescuers, including police and military officials, who retrieved five bodies, told Reuters. Travelling to the site required 12 hours from the nearest town, he said. Today's tally was updated from an earlier figure of one dead and 19 missing. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The number of casualties could rise. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province last September after a landslide caused by heavy rains. Another landslide in a gold mine on Sulawesi island killed at least 23 people in July last year.
Malay Mail
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Malay Mail
Six killed, 14 missing after landslide hits gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province
JAKARTA, May 19 — Torrential rains forced a halt today to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Authorities will resume tomorrow their search for those missing after the disaster, which engulfed temporary shelters used by miners. The search effort was hampered by 'damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather', Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of a team of 40 rescuers, including police and military officials, who retrieved five bodies, told Reuters. Travelling to the site required 12 hours from the nearest town, he said. Monday's tally was updated from an earlier figure of one dead and 19 missing. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The number of casualties could rise. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province last September after a landslide caused by heavy rains. — Reuters
CNA
19-05-2025
- Climate
- CNA
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia's Papua kills six; 14 missing
JAKARTA: Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday (May 19) to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Authorities will resume on Tuesday their search for those missing after the disaster, which engulfed temporary shelters used by miners. The search effort was hampered by "damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather", Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of a team of 40 rescuers, including police and military officials, who retrieved five bodies, told Reuters. Travelling to the site required 12 hours from the nearest town, he said. Monday's tally was updated from an earlier figure of one dead and 19 missing. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas, in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The number of casualties could rise. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province last September after a landslide caused by heavy rains. Another landslide in a gold mine on Sulawesi island
Al Arabiya
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Al Arabiya
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia's Papua kills six, injures four
Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Authorities will resume on Tuesday their search for those missing after the disaster, which engulfed temporary shelters used by miners. The search effort was hampered by 'damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather', Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of a team of 40 rescuers, including police and military officials, who retrieved five bodies, told Reuters. Travelling to the site required 12 hours from the nearest town, he said. Monday's tally was updated from an earlier figure of one dead and 19 missing. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The number of casualties could rise. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province last September after a landslide caused by heavy rains. Another landslide in a gold mine on Sulawesi island killed at least 23 people in July last year.
Malay Mail
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Malay Mail
One dead, 19 missing after landslide hits gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province
JAKARTA, May 19 — Indonesian rescue teams were searching for 19 people missing after heavy rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in its easternmost region of Papua, officials said today. Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. The landslide hit temporary shelters used by the miners and killed at least one person and injured four with 19 others still missing, he added. At least 40 rescuers with police and military personnel had been deployed to search for the missing, officials said. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The rescuers started the search operation only on Sunday because it took at least 12 hours for teams to travel to the site, Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of the local rescue team, told Reuters today. 'The damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather hampered the rescue efforts,' Yefri said. The number of casualties could rise, he added. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province September last year after a landslide caused by heavy rains. Another landslide in a gold mine on Sulawesi island killed at least 23 people in July last year. — Reuters
