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    Indonesia says 7 killed in landfill collapse as rescue operation ends

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    JAKARTA, March 10 (Reuters) - ‌Indonesian authorities have ended rescue ​operations at a landfill collapse that killed seven people ⁠as all those who were at the site have been accounted for, an official said on ​Tuesday. 

    A mountain of garbage collapsed on Sunday at ‌the Bantargebang landfill, the largest in the country, triggered by heavy rains. 

    Rescuers wrapped up the search operation at ⁠the site on the outskirts of ⁠Jakarta, after finding the last of seven victims buried in the landfill, said Desiana Kartika Bahari, head of the local rescue agency. Six ‌people survived the incident.

    On Monday, the agency ⁠had said that four people ‌were killed, four had survived ​and five were still missing.

    "We received information from police that two among those missing were ‌safe and had returned to their ​homes," Bahari said. 

    The ⁠casualties were truck drivers and owners of ‌food stalls at ⁠the landfill site, she said. 

    More than 200 rescuers used excavators and thermal drones to find the ​victims during the ‌search operation. 

    Bantargebang spans around 110 hectares and receives ⁠6,500 to 7,000 tons ​of waste every day.

    (Reporting by Ananda Teresia; ​Editing by John Mair)

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