Indonesia school collapse: one dead, 65 buried under rubble as rescuers race to find survivors

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Alternative headline - how children pay for adult ignorance.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/30/indonesia-school-collapse-one-dead-65-buried-under-rubble-as-rescuers-race-to-find-survivors

At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later.

Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying.

Rescuers saw additional bodies, indicating the death toll was likely to rise.
The students had been performing afternoon prayers in a building that was undergoing an unauthorised expansion when it suddenly collapsed on top of them, provincial police spokesperson Jules Abraham Abast said.

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1. 3 dead, some critically injured, at least 38 still trapped

Three people have been killed and 99 others hospitalised, some of them with critical injuries, officials said Tuesday, adding that the death toll may rise.

At least 38 others, many of them teenage boys remain trapped under the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java town of Sidoarjo. They had gathered for prayers when the building gave way on Monday.

The two-storey building had an unstable foundation and could not support the weight of the construction of two more floors, the disaster mitigation agency said.

The girls were praying in another part of the building and managed to escape, according to the Associated Press.

Students in the school are between the ages of 12 and 17.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4y0zpvp8go

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2. Absolute madness

This did not have to happen

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3. They've contacted some survivors, and given them food, water and oxygen

but hadn't been able to extricate them when this was recorded: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx2718plv27o

Eleven people have been freed from the debris since rescue efforts began on Monday - though two of those people later died in hospital

There are seven trapped victims who are responsive and receiving food and water. Another eight are stuck and cannot be moved, said authorities

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0q799wpppxt

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4. Good news

Hope they are rescued

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5. Dozens feared dead in Indonesia school collapse, officials say

There are "no signs of life" under the wreckage of a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people are still missing, rescuers have said.

Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, were inside the two-storey Islamic boarding school in the town of Sidoarjo when it collapsed on Monday. At least five students were killed and about 100 injured, officials said.

Thirteen people have been freed from the debris since rescue efforts began, though two later died in hospital. Rescue operations had been challenging due to the unstable structure of the building.

On Thursday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNBP) said rescuers using thermal drones failed to detect signs of life from the rubble.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d783yjvpyo

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6. Horrific

Now let’s see who is going to prison.

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7. Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 54

As feared.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87yvdpld59o

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8. This is horrific

Rec