There are 241 victims of the earthquake in Marche and Lazio took place in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Among them many children. Continue unabated research under the rubble. Unsure the number of missing “because it lacks a start list as in some of the municipalities devastated there were many tourists and many people passing through,” said the head of the Civil Protection Department Fabrizio Curcio. “Without having a start list – he added – is impossible to know how many are missing. We will continue to look to the last. ”
seismic swarm in the night
Continue earthquake swarm between Marche, Umbria and Lazio the strong earthquake of magnitude 6 occurred during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday mainly in the municipalities of amateur and Accumoli, in the province of Rieti, and Arquata del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. The strongest quake, of magnitude 4.5, at 5:17 with an epicenter in Accumoli brought down other parts of buildings and made some roads impassable. Until 8 Thursday, August 25 the INGV has recorded more than 470 replicas of the provinces of Rieti, Perugia, Ascoli Piceno, L’Aquila and Teramo. In addition 60 of magnitude 2 or higher only in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, but more are expected. According to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, the earthquake, with its epicenter at Accumulations, he had a magnitude of 6.0, a depth of 4 km. The first quake, at 3.36, the earth shook for 142 seconds.
The victims and relief
241 victims, including many children : 184 in Amatrice, Arquata and 46 to 11 in Accumoli. Among the victims there would also foreign tourists on vacation including at least one Spanish and two Romanians. The information was confirmed by the foreign ministries of Madrid and Bucharest. The budget of the Civil Protection, however, is still provisional. There are approximately 400 injured, 264 those hospitalized. Many displaced people: about 2,500, of which 1,500 in the Marches, between Pescara and Arquata del Tronto. The search continues under the rubble in which they are engaged 880 firefighters, 250 vehicles and 43 rescue dogs. While 215 people were pulled alive from the wreckage by firefighters: in the earthquake are present with 2,027 men and 400 vehicles. More than 5000 men of the civil defense employees. Rescuers are digging even under the rubble of the Hotel Roma Amatrice. Eventually it emerged that 32 people were staying in the hotel, not 80 as was thought at the beginning. The mayor of amateur Sergio Pirozzi said that about half of the customers should be able to save themselves.
culpable disaster: investigation opened by prosecutors in Rieti
Meanwhile, the prosecutor of Rieti in the investigations already under way on the earthquake opened a single file ‘container’ with ‘ hypotheses of culpable disaster offense. The investigation, coordinated by the head of Giuseppe Saieva prosecutor who has made a first visit, will also shed light on the collapse that affected recently restored buildings, such as the school of amateur and bell tower collapsed in Accumoli.
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Earthquake in Central Italy, the first night away from home for the displaced in the earthquake
Fear of jackals
So many families left homeless They were accepted in tents but many people decided to sleep in their cars near their homes, for fear of looting. In the night they are in fact spread rumors of incidents of looting in the town of Arquata, especially in the hamlet of Pescara del Tronto. The police, who have stepped up checks throughout the area, deny: “I do not know who the spread – say the command – but you can not confuse the people who go there to retrieve some things from their homes with those who steal. We have 40 members in all the garrisons of the earthquake of Arquata del Tronto, and the situation is under control. “
the first night of the displaced
“A normal night,” he called Gianni Scamuffa , responsible for the field of Pescara del Tronto, Arquata village in the province of Ascoli Piceno. Marches in the center were over a hundred people who have chosen the facilities made available by the Civil Defence. Others have slept in the arena of amateur or in tents brought to Accumoli. The temperature in areas remained at acceptable levels even at night. Almost all are therefore able to sleep, even in emergency accommodation. “I am exhausted from shock, ‘says one of the rescuers involved. “We brought food and blankets at will”, explained Sergio Pirozzi, Amatrice mayor.
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Earthquake in Amatrice, the view from destruction? High
The Government confirms: 50 million euro for emergency
the government meanwhile has confirmed the allocation of 50 million for the emergency. The announcement was made by the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Riccardo Nencini after late yesterday the figure was indicated by Minister Graziano Delrio. “Then we will see, we are looking at the situation and we are quantifying the extent of damage,” he added Nencini, noncommittally on the total amount of damage caused by the earthquake. “I have no idea really – he concluded – There are still 54 isolated hamlets in the municipality of Amatrice.”
Amatrice decimated
“An increasing number of deaths, Amatrice we are already over 200 “: it was said this morning Sergio Pirozzi, mayor of the Lazio town in the province devastated by the earthquake, explaining that more bodies were extracted overnight. The country had just over 2,600 inhabitants and is largely destroyed by the earthquake. Many have tried to escape from the upper floors of houses climbing down related to the sheets. The main street is almost completely collapsed and the roads leading to the country are inaccessible. Unable to use the hospital: doctors and paramedics rescue the first wounded outside in the parking lot of the hospital. Amatrice is also collapsed the historic Hotel Roma, in the town center.
Accumoli, the mayor “we have no other scattered news»
Accumoli (divided into 17 small villages) has 700 inhabitants, but in summer it welcomes many tourists. “We have no news of the missing. – Says the mayor Stefano Petrucci – The budget is 11 victims around the town and we hope that, despite being high, you confirm this number. ” Then appealed to the citizens: “Who can walk away consider that it is better to do so. Who can be hosted elsewhere, do it. ” The country is semi demolished, damaged the barracks and churches, no building seems to be fit for use. Particularly affected the fraction of Illica.
Pescara del Tronto, the fraction that does not exist
the small fraction of Pescara del Tronto according to rescuers’ is reduced to a single block of rubble. ” Looking for others missing: originally there was talk of a hundred people who were missing on 135 total inhabitants. Even in Arquata del Tronto, residents and vacationers were trapped: decided the evacuation of the entire historic village. Two Roman older tourists have been rescued from the rubble of their home collapsed. They do not have it made, while two little girls and their grandmother who was home in her home. Not far away, always in Pescara del Tronto, was pulled alive a child.
August 25, 2016 (modified August 25, 2016 | 14 : 11)
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