Quake: 2,100 displaced people in Civil Protection tents

(ANSA) - Rome, August 26 - Displaced survivors of the August 24 earthquake in central Italy have occupied 2,100 of the 3,500 beds made available by the Civil Protection Department, officials said Friday. However that number is on the rise because area residents are still fleeing their homes as tremors continue in the area, Civil Protection Emergency chief Titti Postiglione told a press conference.