BNPB revealed that 59 people were still trapped in the ruins of the ponpes collapsed in Sidoarjo

Jakarta – Head of the BNPB disaster information, information and communications center, Abdul Muhari, reported the development of the search and assistance of the victims of the building that collapsed in Al Khoziny Ponpes, Sidoarjo, East Java. BNPB said there were another 59 people trapped in the ruins of the building. “The temporary information updated at 23:00 Wib from Wednesday (1/10) was 59 people still trapped in the ruins of the building. The number was obtained from the attendance list released by Islamic boarding school, including the report of the loss of the victim’s family,” Abdul said, Thursday (2/10/2025). “The dynamics of data that changed were caused by different things, such as names that were actually safe or not on the scene of the case when the incident occurred, they did not report,” he added. Browse to continue with the content in the search on the third day until 22:00 WIB last night, as many as five people have been successfully evacuated in an still live condition. But one person is in critical condition and needs special medical treatment. All the victims were taken to Sidoarjo Regional Hospital. In addition, the combined SAR team also found two victims in a dead condition. This discovery also added data that the number of victims died in the incident that occurred due to the failure of the construction to five people. After being found, the body was taken immediately to Siti Hajar Hospital. Abdul said on Wednesday (1/10) that the combined SAR team did a re-assessment to determine if there were still signs of life against one of the six people who were previously known that they were trapped in ruins of buildings while they were still alive. “If there are still signs of life, the team will maximize the search with steps to be carefully calculated. Because the location of the last victim is detected in a very difficult and challenging position, so that in addition to expertise, special strategies are also needed so that the victims and teams can survive,” Abdul said. He said that the use of heavy equipment in this condition has the potential to carry to the higher risk. Because, he said, the combation structure that collapsed was very unstable for shocks. If forced, it is feared that it will threaten lives. “If no more signs of life are found, BNPB will, along with Basarnas and the East Java provincial government, invite the families of the victims to return to consultation and to ask for willingness of all the existing circumstances. As far as his hope is concerned, new rounds can be carried out in SAR operations with heavy equipment to elevate all victims with different conditions,” he added. (FAS/FAS)