Indonesian rescuers have retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 78, while military engineers have managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods.
More heavy equipment reached the hardest-hit city of Mamuju and the neighbouring district of Majene on Sulawesi island, where the magnitude 6.2 quake struck early on Friday, Raditya Jati, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesperson, said.
A total of 67 people died in Mamuju and 11 in Majene, the director of preparedness for the National Search and Rescue Agency, Didi Hamzar, said.
People displaced by the earthquake sit in a makeshift tent at a temporary shelter in Mamuju (Joshua Marunduh/AP)