Rock collapse at Indonesia quarry kills at least 10

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Rock collapse at Indonesia quarry kills at least 10

At least 10 people in Indonesia’s West Java have been killed and six injured following a rock collapse at a quarry, with search efforts ongoing to find people buried beneath the rubble.

The collapse took place on Friday in Cirebon in West Java, where television footage showed excavators working to move huge rocks and personnel moving bags containing bodies to an ambulance. Kompas TV earlier said about 10 people were missing.

The national disaster management agency said heavy machinery, including three excavators, were also buried under rocks and operations would continue on Saturday.

It gave no estimate on the number of people missing.

West Java’s governor, Dedi Mulyadi, on his

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account said the site was dangerous and “does not meet safety standards for workers”.

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