QUAKE: 1,500 injured, Berlusconi says

| Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:31

Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that around 1,500 people were injured in the L'Aquila earthquake that killed at least 92.

''At the moment 4,000 rescuers are at work and concentrating on extracting people from the rubble,'' said Berlusconi, who cancelled a trip to Moscow to travel to L'Aquila where he surveyed the damage from a helicopter.

The premier said a camp with 2,000 tents, each capable of housing 8-10 people, was currently being set up in the city for those who had lost their homes in the disaster, while around 4,000 beds in hotels in the area had also been reserved for survivors.

''The camp should be ready be tonight,'' Berlusconi told journalists at a press conference, during which another small quake was felt.

''The fundamental thing I want to say is that nobody will be left alone,'' he said.