Freeport evacuates another three victims

Monday, May 20 2013 - 05:28 PM WIB

By Cepi Setiadi

PT Freeport Indonesia reported that its Emergency Response Team had evacuated another three bodies out of the rubble of the Big Gossan incident today.

The names of the deceased are Frelthon Wantalangi, Jhoni Michael Ugadje and Muntadhim Ahmad.

The company said that the evacuation continues round-the-clock involving 200 rescuers from PT Freeport Indonesia Joint Disaster Mitigation.

Meanwhile, IFRC (Indonesian Fire & Rescue Challenge) Chairman of the Board of Directors MS Marpaung said: ?As Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Indonesian Fire & Rescue Challenge, I express my condolences on the incident occurred at the underground facility at Big Gossan, Freeport. Hopefully with the skills and support of equipments provided by the company, the search, rescue and evacuation efforts would be completed as soon as possible.?

Editing by Adianto P. Simamora

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