[OldSmaj]

more than 100 residents died because 46 houses were crushed by debris

The garbage pile was only 30 feet high?

This is a tragedy, certainly, but how can a 30 foot high pile of garbage collapse in such a manner as to encompass and crush 46 houses?

I think something must be wrong with this story.

Even if you could get the pile to fall from the verticle, it would not cover an area large enough to crush 46 houses.

[monday]

"This is a tragedy, certainly, but how can a 30 foot high pile of garbage collapse in such a manner as to encompass and crush 46 houses?"

Maybe it was 30 ft. high after it crushed the houses?

[Dog Gone]

Apparently this was part landslide, part garbage, from reading other accounts. Apparently the dump was on a hill near the edge of town.