Frantic rush to reach scores of students missing for days after boarding school collapse in Indonesia

Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under rubble in Sidoarjo, East Java, after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers.

In one pocket of the mangled concrete of the collapsed century-old Al Khoziny boarding school, authorities located six children alive and were running food, water and oxygen to the trapped group.

But in total, at least 91 people remain missing, Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority (BPBD) said late Tuesday. At least three people have died, and 100 others were injured.

Indonesian officials have warned that time is running out to reach those still alive as the mammoth rescue operation entered its third day on Wednesday.

Laksita Rini, head of Fire and Rescue Department in the East Java city of Surabaya, told CNN that there was still hope as “once a specific location is identified, the chances of survival can be increased.”