'I felt it [earthquake] in my bedroom, went to my kid's room and the door just slammed on me. I have hurt both my arms, this is horror, horror' A resident who survived Albania's earthquake that has left some 20 people dead
Emergency personnel work at the site of the collapsed building in Durres after an earthquake shook Albania, November 26, 2019.
Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said more than 600 people had been treated for injuries, including nine hospitalised with life-threatening injuries. The worst-hit areas were Durres, where 11 of the dead were found in collapsed buildings, and the northern town of Thumane, where another five bodies were pulled from the rubble, the defence ministry said. In total at least three hotels, a residential villa and an apartment building collapsed in Durres, and one apartment building in Thumane.
The cries of people trapped inside could be heard as the search was under way, according to reporters. Arben Allushi, another Thumane local, said with tears in his eyes that his wife and niece were in the building when it fell.Some 300 soldiers have been sent to Durres and Thumane, where "there are people trapped under the rubble", defence ministry spokeswoman Qahajaj said.A man in Durres told local television that his daughter and niece were trapped in the rubble of an apartment building.
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