(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
GUATEMALA CITY Rajab 21 1437 April 28 2016 SPA -- Three people are dead following the collapse of a massive slope of trash at a garbage dump in Guatemala City according to AP.
Recent rains may have contributed to garbage-slides at the dump. About 10 people were taken for medical treatment after the collapse on Wednesday which also partly buried a garbage truck.
Volunteer fire department spokesman William Gonzalez said the dead included two men and a woman. The dead are believed to be garbage-pickers known as "guajeros" who search through the trash looking for recyclable material.
Authorities said that about 1000 people worked in that area of the dump and that they had been asked to evacuate but some had refused.
--SPA
02:50 LOCAL TIME 23:50 GMT
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