At least 91 students remain trapped under the concrete ruins for almost two days after an Islamic school collapsed in the province of eastern Java in Indonesia according to authorities.
More than 300 rescuers worked desperately to unleash the survivors, after the building collapsed, mainly trapping teenagers, who performed the afternoon prayer on Monday in a prayer room.
At least three students have been confirmed and 100 others were injured by carrying head injuries and fractures.
The National Disaster Management Service revised the number of people who are considered buried in the ruins in 91 late Tuesday from 38 previously.
The rescuers channel oxygen, water and food from narrow gaps To those who remain trapped under the debris to keep them alive, some of whom are immobilized.
Students were mostly boys from seventh to twelfth grade, aged between 12 and 18 years. The students prayed to another part of the building and managed to escape, the survivors said.
The prayer room was two -storey, but two more was added without authorization, according to authorities. Police said the foundations of the old building were obviously not able to withstand two floors of concrete and collapsed during the casting process.
Source :Skai
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