FR’s story disappeared in the sand mine, sleeping in a “backhoe” when hot clouds from Mount Semeru hit the yard.

KOMPAS.com – FR (27) an operator backhoe The origin of Probolinggo allegedly disappeared when Mount Semeru erupted on Tuesday (12/1/2020).

At the time of the incident, FR was working at a sand mining site in the Besuki Kobokan River Basin (DAS), Lumajang Regency.

Apart from FR, there are two operators backhoe others on the site.

Meanwhile, at the same time, hot clouds from the Mount Semeru eruption hit the mine site. Two FR comrades managed to escape while FR was declared missing.

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After three days, the whereabouts of the FR is still unknown. However, the family thought FR was dead and performed a tahlil prayer for FR.

“FR was ordained three days ago, later on the fourth night of tahlil. The family has sincerely left FR for good,” said BPBD Petunjungan President M. Ishaq Baihaqi when contacted Kompas.com, Friday (12/4/2020).

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Witness saw FR being dragged

Ishaq said the family believes FR was killed by a statement from a colleague while mining the sand around the site.

To the family, witnesses said if FR slept inside backhoe who operated due to fatigue at work.

When Mount Semeru erupted, his colleagues called FR many times, but there was no response. At the time of the incident, FR is believed to have been washed away by material from the Mount Semeru eruption.

“FR was late and didn’t have time to save himself. While his friends still could,” Ishaq said.

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“99 percent of FR’s family and friends believe that FR has passed away. If he survives, the family thinks it is a miracle,” Ishaq explained.

He also said that the family had been contacted by the police, who informed them that the last location of the FR could not be reached because a lot of eruption material still remained.

“I was recently contacted by the Lumajang police. The location of the last FR was not accessible to heavy equipment. It cannot be evacuated or reached yet,” Ishaq said.

In addition, the superior of the FR visited the family and had a family talk about the disappearance of the FR.

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5 backhoe and 2 trucks buried in hot lava

(BETWEEN / HO – BNPB) BNPB Chief Doni Monardo monitors the location of Mount Semeru lava avalanches in Curah Koboan Hamlet, Supiturang Village, Pronojiwo District, Lumajang Regency, East Java, on Thursday (03/12/2020).

Meanwhile, BPBD Lumajang Regency Head of Disaster Management and Logistics Wawan Hadi said his party received information that the backhoe operator was missing in the sand mine in the Besuk Kobokan River Basin (DAS).

“There is no clear information. Only the information is missing, where did he go, where did he go, went home or what was lost. I did not ask anyone to confirm. The residents there also do not know, they cannot confirm,” he said by phone on Wednesday (12/2/2020).

According to him, when the hot clouds of Mount Semeru hit, there were three operators backhoe at the site of the sand mine. One person was reported missing.

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Operator backhoe the missing are known to have come from Probolinggo.

“What is clear is the driver backhoe that’s three. There are two, one is not. But two of his friends were asked where the other one was, I don’t know, it’s strange, right, “he explained.

According to him there were five in the place. backhoe and 2 trucks buried under hot lava due to the eruption of Mount Semeru.

As previously stated, Mount Semeru volcanic activity increased on Tuesday (12/1/2020).

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Mount Semeru emitted hot avalanche clouds at 01:23 WIB followed by hot erupting clouds at 01:45 WIB. The hot cloud from the eruption lasted until 04.33 WIB with a slip distance of 11 kilometers.

Then on Wednesday (02/12/2020), the activity of the mountain reaching 3,676 meters above sea level decreased and only emitted hot avalanche clouds for 1,445 seconds with a sliding distance of 2,500 meters.

SOURCE: KOMPAS.com (Author: Andi Hartik | Publisher: David Oliver Purba)