‘Hundreds trapped’ in collapsed buildings after ‘enormous’ 6.4 magnitude Taiwan earthquake
BUILDINGS have collapsed in Taiwan following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook the island.
By KATIE MANSFIELD
Express.co.uk
Fri, Feb 5, 2016
The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.7, was struck 27 miles southeast of Tainan, a city of nearly two million people in the south of Taiwan.
Photos of a building moments before its collapse have surfaced on Twitter and 30 people have been rescued from a seven-storey building.
The quake was described as “enormous” and a “big one” on social networking sites.
Taiwan city’s fire department is on its way to the collapsed building and the city government has formed an emergency response team, Liu Shih-chung, an official with the Tainan City Government.
Hundreds of residents are believed to be inside one of the collapsed buildings.
Emergency services are at the scene clearing rubble and debris in order to get inside the building.
No fatalities have been reported.
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