Bandung landslide damages two houses

Bandung landslide damages two houses

BANDUNG: Two houses were damaged in a landslide in Bonjot hamlet, Rancapanggung village in Cililin district, Bandung Regency on Saturday. No casualties were reported.

Head of Cililin district, Maskur, said the landslide was the first in the village.

"We fear that the landslide, which damaged 70 hectares of paddy fields, will reoccur," said Maskur, adding that over 50 houses located in the landslide area might be affected if another landslide took place.

He said that 71 families in the area had already moved to safer areas. Bandung provincial administration and the Indonesian Red Cross had also set up tents and distributed food to the villagers. -- Antara