Overview

• Roughly 40% of the rubble has been cleared, but large concrete beams remain difficult to remove without heavy equipment, officials said.
• Excavators and cranes are being used sparingly, the disaster agency chief Suharyanto said, with teams relying largely on manual digging.
• Authorities estimate 167 people were inside the four-story dormitory when it failed, with 103 survivors accounted for.
• Identification of victims is slow because most are minors without fingerprint records, and some bodies are severely injured beyond recognition.
• The Sidoarjo building was in use while still under construction and reportedly collapsed during a concrete pour after a supporting column gave way.