PADANG, Indonesia Oct 3 (NNN-Bernama) -- At least eight people were believed to remain trapped alive under the rubble of Ambacang, the landmark hotel in the quake-shit city of Padang, West Sumatra two days after a powerful earthquake hit the province on Wednesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting a rescue team member as saying here on Saturday.
Padang Evacuation Team member, Airlangga, said that the team is in the middle of efforts to take those trapped victims from under the rubble.
The victims, he said, responded with voice signals when evacuation team members called them and or clapped their hands.
One of the victims even sent a text message to one of his family members, he added.
"One of the victims, at room 338, sent an SMS, informing that he is still alive," he said.
The 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday devastated more than 100 kilometers along the western coast of Sumatra island, killing more than 500 people, destroying more than 20,000 houses and buildings and injuring more than 2,400 people.
-- NNN-BERNAMA
Padang Evacuation Team member, Airlangga, said that the team is in the middle of efforts to take those trapped victims from under the rubble.
The victims, he said, responded with voice signals when evacuation team members called them and or clapped their hands.
One of the victims even sent a text message to one of his family members, he added.
"One of the victims, at room 338, sent an SMS, informing that he is still alive," he said.
The 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday devastated more than 100 kilometers along the western coast of Sumatra island, killing more than 500 people, destroying more than 20,000 houses and buildings and injuring more than 2,400 people.
-- NNN-BERNAMA
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