The malaysia emergency teams recovered this thursday four corpses under rubble after a landslide hit a tourist camp near Kuala Lumpur last week, amounting to 30 the recovered bodies.
The Fire and Rescue Departmentlocated the bodies of two children, an adult woman and an adult man, the Malaysian newspaper has learned The Star.
The emergency teams continue the search for another three disappeared by the avalanche that consumed the campin Father’s Organic Farmsituated in Batang Kalito some 40 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur, and that it did not have permission to serve as a camping site.
The massive landslide occurred at 2:24 a.m. Friday from a hillside about 30 meters altitudeaffecting some 450,000 square meters of land from the campsite, located in a wooded area of hills of Malaysia.
Using hardhats, shovels and other materials, rescuers worked in teams to sift through debris as deep as eight meters. Bulldozers were placed and some used dogs to detect possible signs of life or corpses. Officials said that approximately 450,000 cubic meters of rubble—enough to fill 180 Olympic swimming pools— fell on the camp
Rescuers, combing the muddy terrain, dug Wednesday until they reached the body of a man who was still hugging his dog, he told the news agency. AFP the deputy director of operations for the state department of fire and rescue SelangorHafisham Mohamad Noor.
On Tuesday night, the lifeless body of a girl was recovered. The local police chief, suffian abdullah revealed that the little girl was between six and ten years old and that she found herself five meters underground.
“When we found her, the victim was dressed in pink pants and a nightshirt,” Abdullah said at a press conference.
Among the 26 deceased, 8 children are counted.
According to the authorities, more than 90 people, most of them sleeping, were in the place when they were surprised by the landslide, of which more than 60 were found safe or rescued.
The causes of the incident are so far unknown.although the country is in the middle of the monsoon season, which has already forced the displacement of more than 70,000 people.
In their accounts to the local press, the survivors recounted that before the incident they heard a thunderous noise and felt that the earth was moving. The government ordered the closure of all camps in the country located near rivers, waterfalls and hillsides for a week to assess their safety.
The camp at Batang Kali is a popular recreation site for setting up tents or renting them to the farm. But authorities said it has been operating illegally for two years. He has a permit to operate the farm, but does not have a license for camping activities. If found guilty, the operator faces up to three years in prison and a fine.
(With information from EFE, AFP and Europa Press)
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