Five bodies have been recovered and two other persons are still missing after a landslide hit Purworejo district of Central Java on Friday, rescuers said on Saturday.

Heavy downpours triggered the landslide at Penungkulan village of Gebang sub-district at around 20:00 p.m. Jakarta time, at least 2 houses being hit, said Marsudi, spokesman of the National Search and Rescue Office.

"A rescuer team from Central Java office along with soldiers, police and volunteers are searching for the missing now," he told Xinhua by phone.

The disaster also badly injured one villager and forced 75 others to take shelter at safer places, said Budi Harjono, operational head in disaster management agency in Purworejo district.

"Searching is under way now. We expect all the missing to be found soon," he told Xinhua from the scene at Penungkulan village.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency said over 250 personnel including those from local search and rescue office, local disaster management agency and Red Cross, as well as soldiers, police and volunteers, are involved in the search and rescue operation.

"But access to the scene is hampered by crowd insisting on seeing the accident ... Hence it disturbed vehicles to enter the area," he told Xinhua over phone on Saturday.

Landslide is frequent in Indonesia during heavy rain that often leaves scores of casualties and damage.

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