Indonesia searches for missing after landfill collapse kills four


JAKARTA, March 9 (Reuters) - ⁠Rescuers are still searching for five missing ⁠people after a large stack of garbage ‌collapsed at Indonesia's biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at least four people, an official said on Monday.

The collapse ​took place at the Bantargebang landfill ⁠on Sunday, located ⁠in the region of Bekasi on the outskirts of ⁠the ‌capital Jakarta, said Desiana Kartika Bahari, head of the local rescue agency.

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