Cliff Of The Mount Semeru Watershed Longsor, 3 Victims Have Not Been Found

The joint SAR team brought the victim Kusnadi who was found dead in Pronijiwo Village/District, Lumajang Regency, Tuesday (4/6/2024). (ANTARA)

LUMAJANG- Three victims were buried by a river cliff landslide in the lava flow of Mount Semeru in Supit Hamlet, Pronojiwo Village/District on Tuesday, June 5 have not been found.

A team from the Jember National SAR Agency (Basarnas) has assisted in the search process starting today.

"Today, a team from the Jember SAR Post deployed five personnel to assist in the search for landslide victims in Supit Hamlet, Pronojiwo Village," said Jember Basarnas Team Rudi Pragrara in Lumajang, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, June 5.

According to him, the Jember Basarnas Team will join the joint SAR Team, which has already searched for victims of the sand miner buried by the landslide.

"Hopefully the three victims who were buried by the landslide can be found today. We will try our best in conducting the search," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of the Lumajang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Yudi Cahyono said the search for landslide victims was stopped on Tuesday (4/6) night because the weather was already dark and the search continued on Wednesday morning.

"Today, the search for victims buried by landslides continues. Hopefully, the joint SAR Team will immediately find three other victims because one victim named Kusnadi was found on Tuesday (4/6) afternoon," he said.

A river Cliff in the lava stream of Mount Semeru in Supit Hamlet, Pronojiwo Village/District on Tuesday (4/6) landslides on the east side, so that material leading west hit local sand mining workers in the local hamlet.

Based on witness testimony and reports from BPBD Lumajang, landslides occurred at around 11.30 WIB in plots of 4 forest areas belonging to Perhutani. The landslide piles reached an altitude of 15 to 20 meters, consisting of clay and pine trees.

The four victims who were buried by the landslide were Junaedi (26) a resident of Malang Regency, Dwi (35) a resident of Pronojiwo Village/District, Kusnadi (40) a resident of Pronojiwo Village/Sub-district, Rohim, a resident of Sidomulyo Village-Pronojiwo District.