Thousands of people are feared to remain trapped under the rubbles of buildings destroyed by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that rocked West Sumatera on Wednesday afternoon at 17.35. the death toll at least 75 people dead and other still missing.
West Sumatra’s Padang Disaster Task Force chief Dedi Hadinal said Thursday morning that among the victims are those trapped under the rubles of two story buildings or even high rise buildings.
Among them are guests at Hotel Ambacang on Jl. Bundo Kanduang at the center of Padang town, Damar Plaza shopping market and LIA language course building on Jl. Ketip Sulaiman and Adira Finance office on Jl. Sawahan and BNI bank office on Jl. Imam Bonjol.
Dedi said that about 200 guests at Hotel Ambacang are still unaccounted for, and they are assumed to be trapped under the hotel’s ruins.
In addition, Dedi estimated there were many other victims trapped in the rubbles of two-story shop houses in Padang.
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