To 73 dead from the earthquake in Italy, broadcast by Italian civil protection service

To 73 dead from the earthquake in Italy, broadcast by Italian civil protection service


At least 73 people died from the earthquake this morning in Italy, announced a short while ago the Italian Civil Protection.

Among the dead included many children, also says the Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

The representatives of the civil protection service add that there are still missing and people trapped under the debris, which means that the final report will probably be even heavier

"Dozens of people are still under the rubble and the death toll may rise," said the mayor of martyred Amatritse, Sergio Pirotsi.

The earthquake has leveled many buildings in villages in the province of Rieti, at the head of the country.

In statements to the public of Rai TV, o mayor of the village Amatritse north of Rieti, he stressed that part of the building has collapsed and asked to be sent special vehicles to allow them to open the roads leading to the municipality in order to facilitate the supply of raw voitheion.O Sergio Pirotsi, mayor of the village Amatritse (the periphery of the city of Rieti, said that the damage is serious and used the word "tragedy" to describe the situation, adding that "a large part of the village does not exist anymore." residents they have fled their homes.

Other two strong aftershocks were recorded about an hour later, in just one minutes between them, and by the early hours recorded another 50 aftershocks, smaller volume.

Significant losses suffered by Akoumoli communities Arkouata del Tronto and Amatritse, a few km. From the center. Over time, people, teams and forces of Civil Protection, pulled and other corpses, while unknown is still the number of people trapped in the rubble.

In the city Amatritse have been the major damage as the city's main street has mostly flattened. Intensive efforts are being made to rescue people trapped under ruins of at least 10 m., According to the ANSA agency and other media. With a broken voice, the city's mayor Serge Pirotsi stresses: "is a drama. Half the village disappeared, access passages therein are blocked."

In the city hospital there crowded, wounded stacked on stretchers in hallways, even outside the building. Others injured are transferred to the provincial capital, in Rieti, while already hospitalized patients diakomizontai to other hospitals.

Access to the city is difficult, the bridge over the torrent Castellani has become dangerous, while in other villages in the area, where the damage is less, residents remain out of their homes

Continuous efforts of rescue workers evacuating earthquake victims

Efforts to evacuate victims of the earthquake that struck today in the morning at 03.36 'local time, central Italy, is unremitting.

In the village Arkouata, people digging with their bare hands, trying to help rescue workers to extricate a resident of debris.

As the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, there is fear that the final report will probably be much heavier. Meanwhile, it is even more difficult to be able to make an overall assessment of the devastating effects of the earthquake, because there has been series of landslides, resulting in many isolated rural areas.