30-foot garabage pile collapses, killing 19.
Garbage piles over 22 feet are bad news, folks.
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| JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A 30-foot-tall heap of garbage collapsed onto a neighborhood Monday, killing 19 people and crushing dozens of houses, officials said. More than 100 people were missing in the collapse near the West Java town of Bandung, which came after days of torrential rains, said police chief Capt. Suciati Rahni. Residents and scavengers who eke out a living by sorting through the refuse and reselling recyclable items also were believed to have been caught in the collapse. "We fear that more than 100 residents died because 46 houses were crushed by debris while families slept inside in the early morning," Rahni said by telephone from the site. She said rescuers were using heavy machinery to remove the garbage. Bandung is about 110 miles southeast of Jakarta. |
