JAKARTA (Reuters) — Officials said Monday that a torrential rain caused a landslip in an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island over the weekend, killing at least 12 people and missing 18.
Miners and residents living near the illegal mine were killed in a landslip in Suwawa district, Gorontalo province, on Sunday morning, according to Heriyanto, head of the local rescue agency.
Five survivors had been evacuated, he said, and a rescue team was searching for 18 missing people on Monday.
“We have deployed 164 personnel, consisting of the national rescue team, police and military personnel, to search for the missing people,” according to Heriyanto.
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