Update 26 Climbers Still Stuck In Mount Marapi Eruption: 3 Selamat, 11 Dies, 12 Still Wanted

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted again on Sunday, December 3 at noon. (ANTARA-HO-PVMBG).

SUMBAR - Public Relations (Humas) of the Padang City SAR Office, Jody Herawan, conveyed the latest update that climbers were trapped in the eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra (West Sumatra).

"There are 75 people including 49 people who have gone down, 26 people have not (go down). Of the 26 people, three survived, 11 died, and 12 people are still searching," he said when contacted by Antara in Jakarta, Monday, December 4, confiscated by Antara.

Jody explained, there were a total of 75 climbers of Mount Marapi with 49 of them having dropped and the remaining 26 people had not yet dropped.

Of the 26 people who have not come down, 11 climbers are dead who are being brought by the joint team to go down, three climbers are in the process of going down, and 12 people have not been found.

"The 14 people have been found by the SAR team, but 11 people have died and have been hacked, while three people (congratulated) have not yet arrived below because they are still in the evacuation process to the post," he said.

Jody explained that the search for climbers was stopped on Monday, December 4 at 10:00 WIB until 12.00 WIB because Mount Marapi continued to experience an eruption so that the joint teams saved themselves first.

Although the joint team had returned to the ground to save themselves from the eruption, the search process has now resumed along with the easing of the eruption of Mount Marapi.

In detail, Jody said that there were hundreds of people who were members of this joint team, both at Mount Marapi and at the lower post.

The hundreds of people consisted of the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA), the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), firefighters, and so on, both from West Sumatra Province and surrounding provinces.

"The team on the mountain alone is 120 people who have gone up, at the post more than that. It was temporarily suspended because there was a follow-up eruption, so they saved themselves. Now they have started searching again," said Jody.