Posted on 08/24/2026 4:42:47 AM PDT by Libloather
At least 30 people were killed in a massive landslide in Guinea on Sunday when a mountainous open-air landfill collapsed and buried nearby shacks, trapping numerous victims beneath a mass of garbage.
The incident happened at Dar Es Salam, the largest waste dump in the West African country’s capital, Conakry, according to a report from The Associated Press.
Guinea News reported that the weight of the waste caused a three-story building beneath it to cave in.
Authorities said heavy rainfall also washed over the refuse overnight, creating hazardous conditions at the landfill, according to the AP
Six people were seriously injured and several homes were destroyed in the incident, according to reports. Officials launched a search-and-rescue operation to find any survivors.
The AP reported that the landfill was originally scheduled to close Sunday after officials warned of hazardous conditions, citing Lt. Col. Baldé Mamadou Bailo, the sanitation officer for the military engineering battalion.
The decision followed reports of a similar incident at the landfill in recent years, raising concerns about its safety.
As a precautionary measure, residents who lived near the site had also been given eviction notices and were forced to vacate the area, the AP said.
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a mountainous landfill sounds like an oxymoron.
They can just have the funeral in situ and put up a memorial on the edge of the landfill.
Why was it built next to what was apparently living quarters?
If only they were allowed to immigrate here. They’d be alive and voting Democrat.
They built the pyramids.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
Like the beginning of Idiocracy.
Just think, living quarters right beside a huge mountain of disease infested garbage. I can see our country’s democrats brighten up when reading this article, knowing that someday the USA can have the exact same thing all over the country.
The fact that so many people were living next to a massive open-air landfill that had built its way into a mountain sounds bad enough.
Yep…. This is a pere through the looking glass at New York City in a few years. The rest of the big cities will follow.
I was watching a documentary recently and it turns out a large percentage of all donated clothes in America get shipped to Africa and end up in dumps like this.
👉 “They built the pyramids.”
Surprised it wasn’t Los Angeles.
It’s like the Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505 in Idiocracy.
Got you covered.
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