Landslide at Guinea landfill kills at least 30

Authorities say a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed following heavy rain Sunday morning, local time, with the landslide swamping nearby houses.

Rescue operations were continuing at the site of the landslide, which witnesses said was large enough to bury an apartment building along with more precarious dwellings.

Guinea's civil protection service says a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at Dar Es Salam, the largest landfill in the capital Conakry, killing 30 people

A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say  AP News

Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says  Reuters

CONAKRY, Aug 23 - A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted the collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks.

GUINEA-LANDSLIDE/:Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says

A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say  Toronto Star

Guinea's civil protection service says a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at Dar Es Salam, the largest landfill in the capital Conakry, killing 30 people

Heavy rains wash over the site, triggering a landslide that buries several shacks.

Heavy rains triggered a landslide that buried nearby shacks.

A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at Dar es Salam, the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital Conakry, early on Sunday killing at least 30 people, according to a provisional death toll from the country’s civil protection service. Heavy rains, which started at around 3am, washed over the refuse, triggering a landslid