Indonesia: At least 56 dead, 700 hurt in quake

CIANJUR: A strong earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 56 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into the streets, some covered in blood and white debris.

Emergency workers were treating the injured on stretchers outside main hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots. Many included children, some of whom were given oxygen masks, IV lines and were being resuscitated.

Residents, some crying with children in their arms, fled damaged homes after the 5.6 magnitude quake shook the Cianjur region in West Java in the afternoon, at a depth of 10 kms.

AP Rescuers at a school damaged by earthquake in Indonesia.