The search for victims buried by landslides in Tinggam, Nagari (Village) Sinuruik, Talamau District, West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), using heavy excavator equipment on Thursday (4/12) until 17.00 WIB has not produced results.
"Until this afternoon, the search has been carried out. However, no one has found the victim's body," said Head of the West Pasaman Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Jhon Edwar at Simpang Empat, Thursday, December 4.
According to him, the search for victims buried by landslides involved several heavy equipment and was distributed at several points, but to no avail.
In addition, manual searches were also carried out by the BPBD, Polri, TNI, Basarnas, PMI, Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), and volunteers and the community.
With the pile of landslide material reaching more than 10 meters with a length of more than 600 meters, it takes time to search for victims.
Deputy Regent (Wabup) of West Pasaman M Ihpan said while looking for victims, heavy equipment also opened access roads because the landslide location was flooded with water and made the search for victims a little hampered.
The Deputy Regent asked the public to entrust the joint team to find victims as soon as possible.
"Let's pray that the victim will be quickly found by the joint team," said Deputy Regent M Ihpan.
The landslide in the area occurred on Friday (28/11) at around 04.00 WIB.
Five people buried and one victim on behalf of Yelma Yunita (41) was found on Monday (1/12). Meanwhile, four more people, namely Raffael Gusti (7), Silent Fernanda (24), Amrizal (38) and Nurhayati (35) have not been found.
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