1 killed, 4 seriously injured after landslide hit western Indonesia

Landslides at a mine in Bengkulu province of western Indonesia on Thursday left one worker killed, four others badly wounded and four persons missing, a senior official of local disaster agency said.

The incident took place at about 03 : 00 a.m. Jakarta time at a geothermal mine project in Taba Anyar village of Lebong district, Fata Ahyat, head of emergency unit at the provincial disaster agency disclosed.

"When the nine persons were working at the mine, suddenly soils fell from a hill and hit them," he told Xinhua by phone from the province.

The injured have been treated in a hospital and search and rescue for the missing persons is underway now, said Ahyat.

"They were believed to be buried by the soils," he cited.

Heavy downpours were blamed for the landslide, the official said.

Indonesia is frequently hit by landslide and flood during heavy rain.

Source: XINHUA