Landslide Hits Villa In Bogor, Two Jakarta Residents Are Still Wanted By The SAR Team

JAKARTA - Landslides have hit another Villa in the North Tugu area, Cisarua District, Bogor Regency, West Java since Saturday night, July 5.

As a result of this incident, a number of residents were reported missing by landslides. Landslides occurred due to high rainfall in the Bogor area, West Java.

"It is suspected that there were two landslides in the area," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office, Desiana Kartika Bahari when confirmed, Sunday, July 6.

Until Sunday today, the search for victims is still being carried out by the joint SAR team.

As is known, the joint SAR team conducted a briefing and headed to the scene. After arriving at the location, the SAR team immediately coordinated with other elements to continue the search for missing victims.

The search for victims began on Sunday morning at around 07.00 WIB. The two missing victims are known as Ruben (30), a resident of Jakarta and Jeremia (28), a woman from Jakarta.

Meanwhile, 3 other victims were rescued at the time of the incident.

Public Relations of the Jakarta SAR Office, Ramli Prasetyo, said that during the search for victims, a number of tools were deployed such as exclusion palsars and other evacuation equipment equipped with complete PPE safety.

"Factors inhibit moderate to heavy rainfall and unstable soil contours," he said.

Currently, the weather conditions at the evacuation site are still raining with moderate intensity. The search for the two victims continues.