
Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30
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There are fears the death toll could rise further as a number of people may be buried under the rubbish At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea's capital Conakry, the government has said.
人们担心死亡人数可能会进一步上升,因为许多人可能会被埋在垃圾下 政府表示,几内亚首都科纳克里一处大型废弃场的垃圾堆倒塌,导致至少30人死亡,覆盖附近住宅。
Another 22 people were injured, including six seriously, in the city's Dar-es-Salam area.
在该市达累斯萨拉姆地区,另有22人受伤,其中6人伤势严重。
"Significant" resources and personnel - including the military - have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight, the government added in a statement.
政府在一份声明中补充说,在当地时间凌晨2点左右,在夜间大雨后坍塌后,已部署了包括军队在内的"重要"资源和人员搜寻幸存者。
One woman told local media her five children had died in the disaster.
一名妇女告诉当地媒体,她的五个孩子在灾难中丧生。
There are fears that the death toll will rise further. Rescuers were later seen using excavators to comb through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as local residents gathered nearby.
人们担心死亡人数还会进一步上升。 救援人员随后被看到使用挖掘机在现场清理散落的垃圾山,当地居民也聚集在附近。
Guinea's Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to assess the situation and oversee the search efforts.
几内亚总理马马杜·乌里·巴赫前往现场评估情况并监督搜救工作。
Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla had earlier told the AFP news agency he feared there would be a heavy death toll.
社区领袖兰辛·西拉此前曾告诉法新社,他担心会有大量死亡人数。
"We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue," he said.
"我们已经取出了18具被送往太平间的尸体,"他说。
Another landslide at the site killed 10 people in 2017.
2017年该地发生另一场山体滑坡,造成10人死亡。
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