Indonesian rescue workers were racing against the clock on Wednesday in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java, with at least 91 students still unaccounted for, along with three confirmed dead and about 100 injured.

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Indonesian rescuers race to find dozens of students in rubble of collapsed school

Indonesian rescuers race to find dozens of students in rubble of collapsed school

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java. Dozens of students are still unaccounted for, with six confirmed dead and about 100 injured. Authorities said the Islamic boarding school was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new levels. It collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, sending slabs of concrete and other heavy debris crashing onto the students below. Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters on Wednesday that rescue crews were now "racing against time."

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