Indonesia hunts for missing after mine collapse kills six (Update)


Rescuer workers pump water out of a collapsed gold mine as they search for victims in Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Feb. 25, 2021. - AP

JAKARTA (AFP): Rescuers hunted for at least one person still missing Thursday (Feb 25)after an illegal gold mine collapse in Indonesia killed six people.

A landslide Wednesday evening buried the remote site on Sulawesi island's Parigi Moutong district, where five women and one man died while some 16 survivors were pulled from the debris.

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