Heavy rain causes fatal landslide at coal mine in Indonesia

Intense rains have caused a landslide at a coal mine on Sumatra island in Indonesia that has killed 11 miners.

The slide occurred on Wednesday in a mine tunnel about 65ft deep at Tanjung Lalang village in Muara Enim district of South Sumatra province, according to National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Raditya Jati.

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