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Rescue efforts after strong Indonesia quake stymied by blocked roads, lack of gear - Fox News
Jan 16, 2021 1 min, 16 secs

Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered rescuers after a strong earthquake left at least 46 people dead and hundreds injured on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

Operations were focused on about eight locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people were still believed trapped following early Friday’s magnitude 6.2 quake, said Saidar Rahmanjaya, who heads the local search and rescue agency.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said rescuers had so far recovered the bodies of 37 victims in Mamuju and nine in neighboring Majene district.

At least 415 houses in Majene were damaged and about 15,000 people were moved to shelters, Jati said.

Bodies retrieved by rescuers were sent to a police hospital for identification by relatives, said West Sulawesi police spokesperson Syamsu Ridwan.

He said more than 200 people were receiving treatment in the Bhayangkara police hospital and several others in Mamuju alone.

An Indonesian soldier helps a woman to carry her baby as they make their way through an area affected by earthquake-triggered landslide near Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan.

The quake set off landslides in three locations and blocked a main road connecting Mamuju to Majene.

Mamuju, the capital of West Sulawesi province with nearly 75,000 people, was strewn with debris from collapsed buildings.

Residents inspect the ruin of a building damaged by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan.

State-owned firm AirNav Indonesia, which oversees aircraft navigation, said the quake did not cause significant damage to the Mamuju airport runway or control tower.

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