Three Out Of 10 Miners Buried By Landslides In Kalimantan Were Found

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JAKARTA - Three out of ten gold miners who were buried by landslides in the mining area of the Sei Seribu community, Panggung Village, Arut Utara District, Kotawaringin Barat (Kobar) Regency, Central Kalimantan were found.

This search was carried out by the joint evacuation team of the TNI, Polri, BPBD and local Basarnas.

"Three miners have been found and the three of them have died due to being buried with soil material," said Arut Utara Military Command, Captain Yunus Aji, reported by Antara, Saturday, November 21.

The three victims were Yuda (24) from Salofa Village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Rana Solihat (20) from Cikeusal Village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, and Nurhidayat (28) from Salofa Village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.

Yunus said that the evacuation process was stopped due to weather considerations and the safety of the evacuation team members.

"Last night around 21.30 WIB the evacuation process was stopped due to heavy rain and muddy location. The evacuation activities will be continued today while waiting for the option for the evacuation process from the Basarnas team," he said.

A landslide in the mining area of the Sei Seribu community occurred on Wednesday, November 19 at around 11.30 WIB. Landslides buried ten miners who at that time were digging holes.

The ten victims are Tatan (30), Muharom (22), Yuda (24) found, Reza (20), Rana (20) found, Susa (25), Bayu (25), Dian (26), Mukadir ( 47), and Nurhidayat (28) have been found.

Until now, it is not certain the cause of the landslide, temporary suspicion that ten victims were too deep in digging, until they penetrated an old or used hole that had been left by the miners.