An aerial photo drone shows rescuers working with a mobile crane at the site of a collapsed school building at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2025. Rescuers have so far detected no further signs of life under the rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia's East Java province, the country's disaster agency said on Thursday. Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency, said in a statement on Thursday that 59 people are still unaccounted for. Search and rescue operations remain underway. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

JAKARTA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have so far detected no further signs of life under the rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia's East Java province, the country's disaster agency said on Thursday.

"High-tech equipment such as thermal drones has been used, but no additional signs of life were found," Suharyanto, head of the National Disaster Management Agency, told a press briefing at the site of Monday's collapse in Sidoarjo district.

Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the agency, said in a statement on Thursday that 59 people are still unaccounted for.

Search and rescue operations remain underway. ■

Relatives of victims watch the live broadcast of rescue operations at the site of a collapsed school building at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2025. Rescuers have so far detected no further signs of life under the rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia's East Java province, the country's disaster agency said on Thursday.

Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency, said in a statement on Thursday that 59 people are still unaccounted for.

Search and rescue operations remain underway. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

A victim's relative watches the live broadcast of rescue operations at the site of a collapsed school building at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2025. Rescuers have so far detected no further signs of life under the rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia's East Java province, the country's disaster agency said on Thursday.

Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency, said in a statement on Thursday that 59 people are still unaccounted for.

Search and rescue operations remain underway. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)