School collapse in Indonesia leaves one student dead, 38 missing

Authorities in Indonesia’s East Java province have reported that a student has been killed and dozens are missing since the Islamic boarding school’s collapse.

According to Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management, rescuers are searching for 38 people who are alleged to have been trapped beneath the rubble following the building’s collapse on Tuesday.

According to the disaster management organization, 91 people managed to escape while 11 were saved from the rubble.

According to the organization, 77 victims received treatment for their injuries at various hospitals in the area.

The teams on the ground are primarily focused on preparing evacuation routes for victims, according to a statement released on social media.

The incident, according to the organization, highlighted the necessity of “strict implementation of construction safety standards.”

It advised the public and multistorey building managers to ensure technical supervision while constructing to stop similar incidents from occurring in the future.

A separate entity from Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency had previously reported that “provisional data” indicated that 100 students had been involved in the collapse, of which all but one had been found alive.

As students gathered for afternoon prayers on Monday, Al-Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, East Java, collapsed at around 3 o’clock.

Authorities claim that several people were trapped under debris as crews were concreting the fourth floor of the building.

The incident is Indonesia’s second-largest building collapse in less than a month.