Quake: Toll rises to 292 (2)

(ANSA) - Rieti, August 29 - The death toll from Wednesday's earthquake in central Italy has risen to 292 after two bodies were pulled out of the rubble today, the head of the Rieti chapter of the civil protection department, Titti Postiglione, said Monday. Some 231 are dead at the Lazio mountain village of Amatrice, 11 at nearby Accumoli and 50 at Arquata del Tronto in the neighbouring Marche region, he said. Some 2,900 survivors are being housed in tent camps, while around 10 people are missing. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 03:36 Wednesday in the central Apennines, its epicentre close to Accumoli.