Indonesian rescuers are racing against time to extricate nearly 60 teenagers trapped under the remains of an Islamic boarding school that collapsed earlier this week due to foundation failure.

The Al Khoziny school, located in the East Java town of Sidoarjo, some 772km east from the capital Jakarta, collapsed when its foundations could not support ongoing construction work on the upper floors, cratering upon dozens of students who were praying and trapping them under rubble.

Abdul Muhari, spokesperson with the disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement that 59 people remained trapped, based on the school's list of absences and missing person reports filed by families.

Rescuers found no signs of life on Thursday after calling out the names of the victims and using motion detectors a

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