In Guinea’s capital Conakry, a mountain of garbage collapsed in the city’s largest landfill early on Sunday. 30 people have died in the accident. Landfill is a place where city waste is collected and stored or dumped. Officials said that water flowed over the garbage after heavy rains that started around 2 am on Sunday morning. This caused a landslide and nearby huts were buried under debris. Six people were seriously injured in the accident and many houses were destroyed. Search and rescue operations are underway to find people buried under the debris. 2 pictures related to the accident… The accident happened in the open garbage dump of Dar es Salaam, which is the largest landfill in Conakry. According to Lieutenant Colonel Bald Mamadou Bello, a cleaning officer with a military engineering battalion, the site was to be closed on Sunday. People living around the landfill were given notices to vacate the place. After this many people left the area, but many people were still present there at the time of the accident. Large reserves of bauxite in Guinea. Guinea is a country rich in mineral wealth. It has the world’s largest reserves of bauxite. Apart from this, iron ore, gold, diamonds and other minerals are also found in the country. However, according to the World Bank, 43.7% of Guinea’s population lives below the national poverty line. —————————
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