Dozens severely injured, no one killed in Bima quake

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 11/09/2009 12:03 PM

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At least 36 people were severely injured as a magnitude 6.7 earthquake jolted the West Nusa Tenggara town of Bima early on Monday, but no one was killed in the disaster, a local government official said.

“The quake did not claim any life as reported on TV,” spokesman for Bima administration Abdul Wahab said.

Separately, Bima police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Fauza Barito said his personnel did not find any fatality in the earthquake.

A local radio station and national TV channels reported earlier that two people were killed in the quake, which struck at about 3:41 a.m. local time on Monday.

The provincial population agency reported that the quake also destroyed 86 houses and caused mild damage to hundreds of buildings in three districts that were hit hardest by the disaster. Head of the agency Bachrudin identified the districts as Sorimandi, Ambalawi and Bolo.

Bachrudin said the local government was ready to distribute eight tons of rice in store to people displaced by the quake.

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