Jakarta  - A landslide buried alive a family of six in eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, the state-run media said Sunday.

The landslide occurred Saturday in Rarukan village of Tanah Toraja district, burying four other houses and cutting off road links to the damaged village.

Rescue workers recovered four bodies on Saturday afternoon and continue searching for two more family members who remain buried and feared dead under tons of soil, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

A village resident was quoted as saying that all of the victims were trapped in their house when the landslide struck, adding that a thundering sound was heard from the hill moments before the landslide. (dpa)