Overview
- Local disaster-response teams are conducting search operations on hazardous, unstable terrain that is slowing progress.
- Officials report more than 30 people unaccounted for after the garbage heap gave way on Jan. 8.
- Roughly 110 workers were at the site when the collapse occurred, according to the city.
- Authorities have deployed about 330 personnel from the military and fire services for rescue efforts, local media report.
- The landfill spans about 20 hectares and is run by a private company, and a garbage mound there was said to be roughly four stories high.