SIDOARJO: The search for victims of last week&#39;s Indonesian school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an official said. Part of the multi-story Islamic boarding school on Indonesia&#39;s Java island caved in on September 29 as more than 170 students gathered for afternoon prayers. &quot;Entering the 9th day, we have concluded the search and rescue operation for the victims,&quot; head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), Mohammad Syafii, told a press conference. The agency&#39;s operations director, Yudhi Bramantyo, said rescuers on Tuesday cleared all the rubble at the collapse site, scoured the area, and concluded it was very unlikely they would find more bodies. &quot;The total number of victims evacuated is 171, with 67 people dead, including eight body parts, and 104 people survived,&quot; Yudhi told a press conference. Budi Irawan, the deputy head of the national disaster agency (BNPB), said it is &quot;very unlikely there are still bodies there.&quot; Only 17 bodies have been identified so far, according to the police&#39;s Disaster Victim Identification unit. The collapse was Indonesia&#39;s deadliest disaster so far this year, according to the National Disaster Agency (BNPB). Investigators have been examining the cause of the collapse, but initial indications suggest that substandard construction may have contributed to the incident, according to experts. The families of the missing agreed last Thursday for heavy equipment to be used, after the 72-hour &quot;golden period&quot; for the best chance of survival came to an end. Lax construction standards have raised widespread concerns about building safety in Indonesia. At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in September when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed in West Java.

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The search for victims of Indonesia’s Java school collapse ended Tuesday with 67 confirmed dead and 104 survivors. Authorities suspect substandard construction caused the country’s deadliest disaster this year, prompting renewed concerns over building safety.

Indonesia school collapse toll hits 67 as search ends

SIDOARJO: The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 54 on Monday, officials said, as rescuers searched for more than a dozen still missing. Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia&#39;s Java Island collapsed suddenly last week as students gathered for afternoon prayers. As of this morning, &quot;we have retrieved 54 dead victims, including five body parts,&quot; National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) operations director Yudhi Bramantyo told a press conference. Rescuers were still working around the clock in the rubble of the Islamic boarding school. &quot;We hope we can conclude the recovery today (Monday), and we will return the bodies (to the families),&quot; Yudhi said. The collapse was Indonesia&#39;s deadliest disaster so far this year, Budi Irawan, the deputy head of the national disaster agency (BNPB), said. At least 13 people were still missing, he added. Investigators have been examining the cause of the collapse, but initial indications suggest that substandard construction may have contributed to the incident, according to experts. The families of the missing agreed on Thursday for heavy equipment to be used, after the 72-hour &quot;golden period&quot; for the best chance of survival came to an end. Lax construction standards have raised widespread concerns about building safety in Indonesia. At least three people were killed, and dozens were injured in September when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed in West Java.

East Java Police Chief Nanang Avianto says investigation requires guidance from team of construction experts to determine whether negligence by school led to deaths.

 

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 54

SIDOARJO: Indonesian rescue workers were racing against the clock on Wednesday in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java, with at least 91 students still unaccounted for, along with three confirmed dead and about 100 injured. The Islamic boarding school, which authorities said was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new stories, collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, sending slabs of concrete and other heavy debris crashing onto the students below. Most rescues typically happen within 24 hours after such a disaster, with chances of survival decreasing each day after that, and more than 300 workers continued to work desperately at the scene to try and reach those who have been detected to be still alive and trapped below. &ldquo;We hope that we can complete this operation soon,&quot; Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia&rsquo;s National Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters. &quot;We are currently racing against time because it is possible that we can still save lives of those we have detected within the golden hours,&rdquo; he said at the news conference. Of the approximately 100 injured, 26 are still hospitalized and many are said to have suffered head injuries and broken bones, authorities said. <figure class="fr-media"><img src="https://paktv-assets-7d41fab8.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/51a2c826-01e2-4605-bd2f-7f311ced894d-A woman weeps as rescue works are underway for victims trapped under the rubble after a building under construction collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. (AP).jpg" alt="A woman weeps as rescue works are underway for victims trapped under the rubble after a building under construction collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. (AP)" class="fr-fil fr-dib"><figcaption class="caption-cover-image text-sm text-gray-600 italic">A woman weeps as rescue works are underway for victims trapped under the rubble after a building under construction collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. (AP)</figcaption></figure> Syafii&#39;s agency said at least six children are alive under the rubble, but the search has been complicated with the slabs of concrete and other parts of the building remaining unstable. Heavy equipment is available but is not currently being used due to concerns it could cause further collapse. Rescuers in hardhats crawled through tight passages made of concrete blocks, steel bars and rubble, collapsed in the debris, chipping away at it with hammers and hand-held power tools to try and reach those still underneath. Oxygen, water and food has been sent through narrow gaps to those still trapped under the debris to keep them alive. Search teams have also used detectors and thermal drones to detect potential survivors who could be rescued. The structure fell on top of hundreds of people at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday in a prayer hall at the century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, on the eastern side of Indonesia&#39;s Java island. The students were mostly boys in grades seven to 12, between ages 12 and 18. Female students were praying in another part of the building and managed to escape, survivors said. The prayer hall was two stories high but two more were being added without a permit, according to authorities. Police said the old building&rsquo;s foundation was apparently unable to support two floors of concrete and collapsed during the pouring process. Authorities initially had said only 38 people were missing but revised that upward to 91 late Tuesday after consulting attendance lists and talking with families. &ldquo;In the early stages there will inevitably be some confusion about the data,&rdquo; said Suharyanto, the head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, who only goes by one name as is common in Indonesia.

Rescuers search for victims after a building under construction collapsed, at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP)

Rescuers in Indonesia race to save at least 91 students trapped under a collapsed school after unauthorized construction. At least three are confirmed dead with around 100 injured.

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