Landslide kills two in Padang

Landslide kills two in Padang

PADANG, West Sumatra: Two workers were feared dead after being
buried alive while two others sustained severe injuries in a
landslide in Bukit Ngalau, Indarung, Padang on Tuesday.

The accident took place in the morning following a night's
downpour at a silica quarry.

Silica is a material used in cement production by the nearby
cement plant owned by PT Semen Padang.

As of Tuesday evening, excavators which had been rushed to the
scene had not yet dug out the bodies of Darmis, 50, a Semen
Padang employee, and Rudi, 22, a heavy equipment operator working
for a contractor at the site.

Another Semen Padang employee, Arwin, 47, and Suwarsono, 26,
an employee of a subcontractor, were rescued and are now in the
hospital in Padang. (28)