A Number Of Sand Miners Buried By Landslides In Pronojiwo Lumajang

ANTARA/Zumrotun Solichah-tangkap layar)

LUMAJANG - A number of sand miners in the Watershed (DAS) of Mount Semeru were buried by landslides in the Kalibening sand mining area in Pronojiwo Village, Lumajang Regency, East Java.

"The landslide incident occurred at around 11.30 WIB and it was reported that four to five people were buried by landslides and their truck fleet," said Pronojiwo Village Head, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 4.

He said the search for the miners buried by the landslide was carried out by volunteers from residents and the SAR team combined with the help of the miners' heavy equipment.

The height of the landslide pile is about 15 meters to 20 meters in the form of clay and pine trees in the forest area belonging to Perhutani in plot 4, so that it becomes an obstacle for the joint SAR team to evacuate victims.

Two heavy equipment belonging to sand miners were also deployed for the victim search process, but the landslide material was deep enough to cause the evacuation process of a number of sand miners to experience difficulties and difficulties.

Information gathered in the field, the search for victims is still being carried out until the afternoon and it is reported that one victim has been found dead by the joint SAR team.

Until now, it is still unknown what caused the landslide that occurred suddenly in the Kalibening sand mining area, Proonojiwo Village, because the weather was sunny at the time of the disaster and it was not raining.