A landslide Friday at a tourist campground in Malaysia left 16 people dead and authorities said 17 others were feared buried at the site on an organic farm outside the capital of Kuala Lumpur.
An estimated 94 Malaysians were believed to have been at the campsite in Batang Kali in central Selangor state, around 50 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur, when the incident occurred, said district police chief Suffian Abdullah.
“The death toll has risen to 16, including a five-year-old boy. And Seven people have been hospitalized with injuries and rescuers were searching for an estimated 17 missing people,” he said.
Another 53 people were rescued without harm.
Suffian said the victims had entered the area, a popular recreational site for locals to pitch or rent tents from the farm, on Wednesday. More than 400 personnel, including tracking dogs, were involved in the search and rescue efforts.
The Selangor fire department said firefighters began arriving at the scene half an hour after receiving a distress call at 2:24a.m. The landslide fell from the side of a road from an estimated height of 30m and covered an area of about 1.2 hectares.
An estimated 94 Malaysians were believed to have been at the campsite in Batang Kali in central Selangor state, around 50 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur, when the incident occurred, said district police chief Suffian Abdullah.
“The death toll has risen to 16, including a five-year-old boy. And Seven people have been hospitalized with injuries and rescuers were searching for an estimated 17 missing people,” he said.
Another 53 people were rescued without harm.
Suffian said the victims had entered the area, a popular recreational site for locals to pitch or rent tents from the farm, on Wednesday. More than 400 personnel, including tracking dogs, were involved in the search and rescue efforts.
The Selangor fire department said firefighters began arriving at the scene half an hour after receiving a distress call at 2:24a.m. The landslide fell from the side of a road from an estimated height of 30m and covered an area of about 1.2 hectares.
