Overview

• Officials confirmed at least three deaths with more than 100 injured as counts remained fluid during ongoing searches in Sidoarjo, East Java.
• Authorities reported 65 people missing on a command-post list early Tuesday, later revising the number presumed buried to 38 as records were reconciled.
• Rescue teams delivered oxygen and water to those trapped and largely avoided heavy machinery due to instability, briefly halting work after fresh shaking before resuming.
• The collapse struck during afternoon prayers in a dormitory-prayer building under construction, with most victims being male students while girls in another area escaped.
• Police and disaster agencies opened a probe after stating two additional floors were added without permits, likely overloading the older structure’s foundation.