They said they were running low on food, blankets and other aid, as emergency supplies were rushed to the hard-hit region. He said he fled from his bed while being treated at Mamuju’s Mitra Manakarra hospital, which was flattened by the quake. “I cried when I saw the hospital where I was being treated collapse with people still inside. The governor’s office building was almost flattened by the quake and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. More than 4,000 people were killed, including many who were buried whenwhole neighbourhoods were swallowed in the falling ground.

Source: Irish Independent January 17, 2021 15:57 UTC