A Sri Lankan woman(C)    mourns her dead relative following a garbage mountain collapsed in Meethotamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka 15 April 2017.
A large section of garbage dump collapsed on to the houses of low and middle income earners' dwellings in the vicinity following a fire that broke out  in Meethotamulla,Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday 14 April 2017.
The garbage dump  that had grown into a huge man-made mountain measuring 300 feet (91.5 metres) in height.  
 40 houses have been buried with 10 deaths reported and another seven undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, according to local officials.
Authorities are working on cause of the fire, while search efforts for those possibly still trapped or buried under the debris continue. (Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)