No ‘signs of life’ in collapsed school

TRAGEDY: DISTRAUGHT PARENTS ASK FOR URGENCY

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Rescuers detected “no more signs of life” at a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said yesterday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.

Part of the multistorey boarding school on the main island of Java suddenly collapsed on Monday, as students gathered for afternoon prayers.

After days of rescue operations, 59 people were still feared buried under the rubble, after at least five people had been confirmed dead.

"We used high-tech equipment like thermal drones and, scientifically, there were no more signs of life," said Suharyanto, the head of the country's disaster mitigation agency.