Death Toll In Guatemalan
Garbage Slide Rises To
11
Guatemalan rescuers
found on Sunday another
three corpses from the
site of a garbage
avalanche in southern
Guatemala City, bringing
the death toll from the
mishap to a total of 11
so far, authorities
said.
According to reports
reaching here from
Guatemala City, the
three were identified as
among the 10 missing.
Authorities earlier
reported six dead, ten
missing, and 12 rescued
at the garbage dump,
where inundating rains
caused an avalanche of
tons of garbage on
Friday.
Mario Cruz, Spokesman of
the Volunteer Firemen,
told the press that the
victims were foraging
for valuables on the
dump when the accident
happened.
The garbage dump where
the collapse took place
is known as Sanitarian
Filler, the main dump in
southern Guatemala City.
A similar tragedy here a
month ago killed eight
people.
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