Six People Buried By Landslide Of Coal Mine Managed By PT Pipit Mutiara Jaya, 4 People Found And 2 People Still Missing

The Tarakan Search and Relief Office team searched for two people who were buried in the coal mine of PT. Pipit Mutiara Jaya in Nunukan. ANTARA/HO - Kansar Tarakan.

TARAKAN - As many as six people were buried by a landslide in a coal mine area managed by PT Pipit Mutiara Jaya in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan.

"Of the six victims, four survived and two are still being searched," said Head of Operations Section of the Tarakan Search and Relief Office (Kansar) Dede Hariana in Tarakan, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, March 29.

The two victims who are still being searched are male, Santok (32), a resident of Tana Tidung and Sawaluddin (43), a resident of Tana Tidung. Dede said that he received news of a coal landslide in the mining area of PT Pipit Mutiara Jaya. Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Nunukan Regency, Darwis on Monday, March 28 at around 17.23 WITA.

Then Darwis reported to Tarakan on Tuesday (29/3) at 14.30 WITA, then the Kansar team left for the scene at 14.50 WITA.