Rescuers clearing the rubble at the site where a building under construction collapsed on Sept 29 at the Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java. - AP
JAKARTA: Rescuers pulled five survivors from the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in Indonesia's East Java, as the death toll rose to five, officials said.
They were found at the Al Khoziny Pesantren in Buduran, Sidoarjo, during a joint search-and-rescue operation that continued late into the night on Wednesday (Oct 1), according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
