The number of victims of the landslide gathering at the mine of the gold mining enterprise on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi increased to 17. This was reported in the agency for the search and salvation of Geriyanto.
According to him, from a natural disaster, 52 employees of the illegally operated mine in the Bongo district managed to escape.
23 people saved from the collapse, 18 of them were injured.
The search for 45 missing ones continues.
According to the spokesman for the Agency for the search and salvation of Gorontalo Afifuddin Ilakhud, more than 200 police officers and the military are involved in search and rescue work.