At least 15 people have been killed, with dozens still buried under thick mud after a landslide hit an unauthorised gold mining operation on the island of Sumatra, officials said.
Villagers were digging for gold in the remote Solok district of West Sumatra when disaster struck.
Mud plunged down the surrounding hills and buried them, Irwan Effendoi, head of the local disaster mitigation agency office, said.
He said at least 25 people were still buried.
Three people were pulled out alive with injuries by rescuers.
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