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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Third floor building in Islamic boarding school Al Madaroh in Kampung Loji, Desa Batulawang, Kecamatan Cipanas, Cianjur, West Java, collapsed.
As a result, dozens of students were crushed by buildings, eight people were seriously injured and another eight were still in the process of evacuation.
Kapolsek Pacet AKP Galih when contacted from Cianjur on Saturday (1/16) said that the collapse of the three-story boarding school had no definite cause.
However, it is suspected that the building collapsed due to the age of the building. Dozens of students were crushed by a collapsed building as they entered the site after maghrib prayers.
“Eight people were successfully evacuated and immediately transferred to the Cimacán Regional Hospital to receive medical assistance, one of them was referred to the Cianjur Hospital because he had a broken hand. The cause of the collapse of the building is still being investigated, presumably due to antiquity. of the building “, said quoted by Antara. .
Until Saturday night, his party along with TNI, volunteers and residents of the place continued trying to evacuate the eight students who were still buried under the rubble of the building.
He hopes that eight students will be able to climb out of the rubble safely.
“We, along with members of Koramil, Armed 5 Cipanas, volunteers and local residents are still trying to evacuate another eight students,” Galih said.
BPBD Cianjur secretary Irfan Sopyan said his party had sent officers to the scene with full equipment to search for victims.
His party has just received a temporary report on eight people who had been successfully evacuated, one of whom was seriously injured.
Your party coordinates with related agencies to prepare heavy equipment if necessary to handle the incident.
“We have not been able to determine the cause of the collapse of the boarding school building, but currently officials and volunteers from two sub-districts have moved to the site. We are still collecting data to determine how many people are in the building,” he said.
Until now, joint TNI / Police officers, BPBD assisted by local residents, are still trying to evacuate other santri who are still buried under the rubble of the three-story building. According to the information, the eight students were last seen entering a room on the second floor of the building.
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