Sidoarjo (Indonesia): Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, working more than 12 hours after the structure fell. At least one student was killed, dozens were injured, and 65 were presumed buried.

Rescue workers, police, and soldiers pulled out eight weak and injured survivors more than eight hours after the collapse at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo. Additional bodies were seen, indicating the death toll could rise.

Families gathered at hospitals or near the building, anxiously awaiting news. A notice board at the command post listed 65 students as missing, mostly boys in grades seven to 11, aged 12-17.

Heavy slabs and unstable parts of the building hampered rescue efforts, said Nanang Sigit, a search and rescue officer. Heavy equipment was available but not used due to the risk of further collapse. “We have been running oxygen and water to those still trapped and keeping them alive while we work hard to get them out,” he said.

Several hundred rescuers were involved, equipped for breathing, extrication, medical evacuation, and support.

The students had been performing afternoon prayers in a building undergoing an unauthorised expansion when it collapsed, provincial police spokesperson Jules Abraham Abast said. Female students in another part of the building escaped.

A 13-year-old boy was killed, and 99 students were injured and taken to hospitals, some in critical condition. Authorities said the old two-story building could not support the two additional floors under construction.

The cause of the collapse is under investigation.