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MIRI: The body of a teenager has been recovered, while four people are still missing at a landslide that occurred in Kampung Lereng Bukit in Miri early this morning.

A spokesman for the Sarawak fire and rescue department’s operations centre said the body of the 17-year-old boy was found at 6.17am in one of two houses affected by the landslide that was reported at 2.58am.

He added that efforts are now focused on locating four remaining victims who are feared buried, comprising two women aged 71 and 41, as well as two girls aged eight and 12.

“A man was rescued unharmed earlier. Efforts to retrieve the victims are ongoing,” the spokesman said, adding that seven other occupants of the two houses managed to escape to safety when the landslide occurred.

The rescue operation involves 15 personnel and four vehicles from the Miri Sentral fire and rescue station, with assistance from the Lopeng fire and rescue station.