Kuala Lumpur: Two dead in a landslide at a campsite in Malaysia. There are reports that more than 100 people are missing in the accident on Friday morning. Officials told Reuters that rescue workers were searching the area.
The accident happened around 3 am local time in the state of Selangor, a suburb of the capital Kuala Lumpur. A statement from the State Fire and Rescue Department said that the landslide destroyed a farmhouse where camping facilities were set up on the side of the road.
The department added that more than 100 people were trapped in the landslide and 31 people were rescued. Besides the two dead, three others were seriously injured. The landslide started 30 meters (100 feet) above the campsite and spread over an area of about an acre (0.4 hectares), department director Norasam Khamis told Reuters.
