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Quake: 32 people in Hotel Roma (2)

Four pulled out, two more set to be rescued, rest dead or hurt

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, August 25 - There were 32 people in the Hotel Roma in Amatrice when Wednesday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck, and not 80 as first thought, Mayor Sergio Pirozzi said Thursday. Four of them have been pulled from the rubble, and two more "may" also be shortly rescued. "The rest are either dead or injured," he said. Many tourists were in the historic town for the 50th annual festival of its famed amatriciana sauce made of tomatoes, guanciale and pecorino.
   

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