Dozens severely injured, no one killed in Bima quake

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

At least 36 people were severely injured as a 6.7-magnitude 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 lives as had been reported on TV,” Abdul Wahab, a spokesman for Bima administration, said.

Bima Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Fauza Barito said his personnel had not found any fatalities in the earthquake.

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

The provincial population agency reported the quake destroyed 86 houses and caused mild damage to hundreds of buildings in the three districts hardest hit 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 the eight tons of rice in store to people displaced by the quake.

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