At least 16 people have lost their lives and seven have been injured following a landslide at a camp in Batang Kali town in Malaysia’s Selangor province.
At around 3.00 a.m. (local time), Malaysian emergency services received a call about a landslide, after which several teams of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Corps arrived, as reported by ‘New Straits Times’.
Once there, the firefighters found the lifeless bodies of 16 people, while they managed to rescue 53 others. Of the total number of people freed, seven were injured and were taken to nearby hospitals for medical care.
«Fifty-three victims escaped unharmed from the landslide, while seven were injured. Eight victims died. Search and rescue operation is ongoing,» Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency detailed on Twitter.
In this regard, search and rescue efforts continue while 17 people are trapped at the site of the incident, according to the aforementioned newspaper.
Earlier, police confirmed that one of the victims was a minor, although the exact age has not been disclosed. Also, the security forces have detailed that they estimate that the height of the landslide was 30 meters.
