Indonesia: Over 1,000 hikers evacuated from Mt. Rinjani
As many as 1,091 hikers have been evacuated from Mt. Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake triggered landslides on the mountain on July 29 morning.
The crater of Mount Rinjani, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Source:http://www.thejakartapost.com)
Jakarta (VNA) – As many as 1,091 hikers have been evacuated from Mt. Rinjani inWest Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake triggeredlandslides on the mountain on July 29 morning.
Of thetotal, 723 are foreigners and 368 are Indonesians, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesmanof the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Theevacuation campaign was participated by almost 250 military soldiers andpolicemen, as well as personnel of the National Search and Rescue Agency andvolunteers.
Rescuersfound six local residents in Susu cave and provided them with preliminary aid.More than 10,000 people have evacuated to safe places.
Theearthquake on Lombok island, some 100km from the resort island of Bali to theEast, killed at least 17 people and injured 401 others.
The incidentalso damaged 5,448 houses, 15 schools, five health establishments, 55 churches,37 kiosks and one bridge.
Twoother earthquakes, with magnitudes of 3 and 3.3 Richter, occurred on July 31and August 1 in the region. No fatalities were reported in the two quakes, butlocal residents did not dare to come back home.-VNA
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The crater of Mount Rinjani, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Source:http://www.thejakartapost.com)
