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Search for victims of West Java quarry collapse terminated amid rising safety risks
Monitoring data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources show that cracks and fractures in the surrounding cliffs have now extended beyond four meters, highlighting an escalating risk of additional landslides.
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Joint search and rescue personnel deploy heavy machinery to look for victims buried during a rockslide incident at a quarry in Cirebon regency, West Java, on May 30. (Antara/Dedhez Anggara)
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escue teams have been forced to end search and rescue operations for the remaining four victims of the fatal rockslide at a limestone quarry on Mount Kuda Hill in Cirebon, West Java, due to growing safety concerns.
The search for the victims was officially concluded on Tuesday, one week after the disaster that claimed 21 lives and left 12 others injured.
Cirebon Regent Imron Rosyadi said the decision was made following a meeting between rescue teams and various stakeholders.
“The rescue team has done everything possible to locate the remaining missing victims buried under the rubble, but conditions at the site have become extremely dangerous. For the safety of the rescuers, we have no choice but to end the search efforts,” he said on Thursday, as reported by Kompas.
Imron also said that authorities had informed the families of the four remaining missing victims about the situation, and they had agreed to permanently end the search efforts.
Monitoring data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources show that cracks and fractures in the surrounding cliffs have now extended beyond four meters, highlighting an escalating risk of additional landslides.
Throughout the past week, rescue efforts were repeatedly suspended due to falling rocks and continued ground movement in the area.
