11 People Killed in Landslides

BPBD SUMSEL

Residents are trying to evacuate 11 mining workers who were buried by landslides in Tanjung Agung sub-district, Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra, on Wednesday (21/10/2020). This landslide occurs when miners make mining roads in hilly areas.

MUARA ENIM, KOMPAS — Eleven people were killed in a landslide in an illegal coal mining area in Tanjung Lalang village, Tanjung Agung district, Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra on Wednesday (21/10/2020). The evacuation process was hampered by soil and debris up to 5 meters deep.

Tanjung Agung police chief Adjunct Commissioner Faisal Manalu said the landslide occurred around 4 p.m. At that time, the 11 people who were killed in the incident had been making a road in an illegal coal mining area.