Overview
- Authorities said seven bodies were recovered and everyone was accounted for, with six people rescued after Sunday’s collapse at Bantargebang near Bekasi.
- Hours of heavy rain preceded the failure that buried garbage trucks and food stalls at the massive dump outside the capital.
- More than 300 responders used excavators, tracking dogs and thermal drones during a cautious two‑day search on unstable waste heaps.
- Those killed included garbage truck drivers, scavengers and food stall sellers who were working or resting near the site.
- Officials announced investigations, blamed lax local practices despite a 2008 ban on open dumping, accelerated a $3.5 billion plan for 34 waste‑to‑energy plants, and deployed BNPB cloud‑seeding to reduce further rain during operations.