At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea’s capital Conakry, the government has said.<\/p>\n
Another 22 people were injured, including six seriously, in the city’s Dar-es-Salam area.<\/p>\n
“Significant” resources and personnel – including the military – have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight, the government added in a statement.<\/p>\n
One woman told local media her five children had died in the disaster. There are fears that the death toll will rise further.<\/p>\n
Rescuers were later seen using excavators to comb through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as local residents gathered nearby.<\/p>\n
Guinea’s Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to assess the situation and oversee the search efforts.<\/p>\n
Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla had earlier told the AFP news agency he feared there would be a heavy death toll.<\/p>\n
“We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue,” he said.<\/p>\n
Another landslide at the site killed 10 people in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n