Indonesian Rescue Workers ‘Racing Against Time’ in Search for Dozens in Rubble of Collapsed School

Indonesian Rescue Workers ‘Racing Against Time’ in Search for Dozens in Rubble of Collapsed School
Rescuers search for victims at the site where a building under construction collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on Sept. 30, 2025. Trisnadi/AP Photo
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SIDOARJO, Indonesia—Indonesian rescue workers were racing against the clock on Wednesday in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java, with at least 91 students still unaccounted for, along with three confirmed dead and about 100 injured.

The boarding school, which authorities said was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new stories, collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, sending slabs of concrete and other heavy debris crashing onto the students below.