Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 45 on Sunday, officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried...

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 45 on Sunday, officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried under the rubble.

Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia's Java island collapsed suddenly on Monday as students gathered for afternoon prayers.

Rescuers retrieved another 19 victims from the rubble on Sunday, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) operations director Yudhi Bramantyo said.

"According to our calculation, the total number of victims we have evacuated are 149, with 45 reported dead ... and 104 survivors," Yudhi told reporters Sunday, up from a toll of 37 earlier on Sunday and including several body parts.

Nanang Sigit, the head of the local search and rescue agency, confirmed the same death toll.