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Stringer Dispatch: Witnesses recall moment of Indonesia school collapse

Global Stringer

01:29

A school building collapsed in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia, on the afternoon of September 29, local time. Indonesian disaster management authorities announced on October 1 that at least 91 students were buried under rubble. CGTN Stringer hit the scene and interviewed witnesses, victims' families and local hospital staff. A witness named Munir said, "I heard a rumbling sound and felt vibrations in my house. Then I went outside, and I saw dust rising up at the school like a fire."

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