Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 22 people

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A landfill collapse in Conakry, Guinea, has resulted in the deaths of at least 30 people and injured six others. The incident occurred around 3 am on Sunday in the Dar-es-salam neighborhood when heavy rains triggered a landslide at the Bbessia district landfill, burying nearby shacks. Government officials have deployed resources for search and rescue operations and to provide medical care and assistance to those affected. The landfill was reportedly scheduled for closure on the same day the collapse occurred. Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah visited the site, where excavators are involved in the ongoing efforts.

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Heavy rains triggered a landslide at the landfill, burying nearby shacks.

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The landfill site was designated for closure on Sunday.

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A landfill collapse in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killed at least 30 people.

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18 bodies were pulled out and taken to the morgue.

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The accident is worrying because the closure of the dump had been announced for this Sunday.

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DEVELOPING STORY, Heavy rains wash over the site, triggering a Landslide that buries several shacks.A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 people, according to a goverment statement.Six others were also seriously injured after Heavy rains in the Bbessia district’s Dar-es-salam neighbourhood triggered a Landslide at the landfill around 3 am (15:00 GMT) on Sunday, which buried nearby shacks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Landslide kills 13 at illegal gold mine in Colombia’s southwestlist 2 of 4Landslide at illegal gold mine kills 13 people in Colombialist 3 of 4Peru rescues people trapped by landslides on highway for nearly a weeklist 4 of 4‘It was a tsunami’: Floods leave death trail in India’s Assamend of list“Significant material and human resources have been deployed to search for any people who may still be buried, to rescue the victims and to recover the bodies,” the government said in the statement.Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah visited the site of the deadly accident, as excavators took part in a search-and-rescue operation through the collapsed landfill under the gaze of a crowd of onlookers.Measures have been taken “to ensure medical care for the wounded” and “assistance for those affected by this tragedy”, the government statement said.The site was designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lieutenant Colonel Balde Mamadou Bailo, sanitation officer for the Military Engineering Battalion.Lancine Sylla, the head of the Dar-es-Salaam suburb, where the incident occurred, said he feared a high death toll. “We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue,” he told the AFP news agency.One of Guinea’s main opposition figures, former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, who is in exile abroad, called the accident “a tragedy that plunges us into dismay”.“This tragedy is all the more worrying because the closure of the dump had been announced for this Sunday, August 23,” he said on Facebook.

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