Rock collapse at Indonesia quarry kills at least 10

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At least 10 workers were killed and six others reported missing after a rock collapse at a quarry on Mount Kuda in Indonesia's Cirebon on Friday (May 30).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00At least ten workers were killed, and six others reported missing after a rock collapse

00:13at a quarry on Mount Kuda in Indonesia's Siriban on Friday.

00:19Police said the incident occurred around 9.30 a.m., about one kilometer from a nearby residential

00:25area.

00:27They said a section of the hillside collapsed, burying workers under the rubble and soil.

00:32Emergency responders are using heavy machinery to search for survivors, but unstable terrain

00:37and debris are hampering their efforts.

00:40Authorities said they could not confirm the number of people missing, but estimates suggest

00:45dozens of workers.

00:47Several vehicles were also at the site when the landslide occurred.

00:51Landslides are frequent in Indonesia, especially in mining zones where unregulated excavation

00:56weakens the terrain.

00:58A similar incident occurred at the same site in February, though no deaths were reported

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