Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30

At least 30 individuals have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea's capital Conakry, the administration has noted.

Key points

• Guinea's Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to assess the situation and oversee the search efforts.
• Another 22 individuals were injured, including six seriously, in the city's Dar-es-Salam area.
• Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla had earlier informed the AFP news agency he feared there would be a heavy death toll.
• "We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue, " he remarked.
• One woman informed local media her five children had died in the disaster.

"Significant" resources and personnel – including the military – have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at regarding 02: 00 local time after heavy rain overnight, the administration went on in an official note.

One woman informed local media her five children had died in the disaster. There are fears that the death toll will rise further.

Rescuers were afterwards seen using excavators to comb through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as local residents gathered nearby.

"We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue, " he remarked. Another landslide at the site killed 10 individuals in 2017.

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