Infant rescued from wreckage after deadly quake in Italy

A 4.0-magnitude quake ripped through the island of Ischia, killing 2 people.

ByABC News
August 22, 2017, 6:07 AM

— -- Firefighters rescued an infant from the wreckage of a collapsed building in Italy on Tuesday after a 4.0-magnitude quake ripped through the resort island of Ischia, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others.

The 7-month-old boy — along with his older brother and parents — were rescued early Tuesday, several hours after the earthquake struck the island.

Emergency officials were still working to save a third child, a young boy, who was still trapped under the home’s wreckage as of early Tuesday, Sky TG24 reported.

Sky TG24 said the boy was trapped under a bed but was able to communicate with rescue workers through the rubble.

Ischia, off the coast of Naples, has a population of about 50,000.

The earthquake knocked over multiple structures in the small communities of Casamicciola and Lacco Ameno.

PHOTO: An overview from Italian Carabinieri helicopter after an earthquake hit the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy, Aug. 22, 2017.
An overview from Italian Carabinieri helicopter after an earthquake hit the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy, Aug. 22, 2017.

An elderly woman was reportedly killed by debris falling from a church, and authorities found the body of another woman in the rubble of a collapsed building nearby. Authorities said at least 39 other people were injured.

Civil Protection Department officials told Sky TG24 that about 2,600 people could be displaced as a result of the quake.

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