{"id":8201,"date":"2018-03-16T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:37:52","slug":"burundi-six-killed-due-to-mudslide-in-mutimbuzi-commune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-six-killed-due-to-mudslide-in-mutimbuzi-commune\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi: Six killed due to mudslide in Mutimbuzi Commune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least six people have died and three others have been injured due to a massive mudslide that has occurred in Nyakabondo I, on Gasenyi hill in Mutimbuzi Commune of Bujumbura Province, this 16 March.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8204\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8204\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Trucks were used to remove victims from the mudslide \" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/secours.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trucks were used to remove victims from the mudslide<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The victims were performing their daily activities in the channeling work of Gasenyi River, at the bottom of National Road N0 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was around 7:00 am when we tried to move stones under the mountain\u201d, says Janvier Bucumi, one of the employees of the construction enterprise- ECBROH that does the channeling work. He says he suddenly heard the noise during a massive mudslide and then six of his colleagues disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>At 9:35 minutes, two dead people were already evacuated and the three injured were taken to \u201cMSF\u201d hospital while four others remained under the mudslide. \u201cWe think that one of the causes of the massive mudslide is the heavy rain that fell yesterday,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Red Cross and civil protection agents intervened to evacuate the victims. It was not an easy task though different trucks were used to save the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana, Minister of Public Works says the incident sometimes occurs at work, fortunately, all employees are insured. \u201c The enterprise will compensate the victims\u2019 families\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He says the channeling work is supported by the World Bank following the last incident that occurred in Gasenyi River in February 2014 and caused hundreds of deaths. He calls on local residents to plant trees to protect the Gasenyi River that has become a threat to the locality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six people have died and three others have been injured due to a massive mudslide that has occurred in Nyakabondo I, on Gasenyi hill in Mutimbuzi Commune of Bujumbura Province, this 16 March. 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