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90 percent of buildings in Bam completely destroyed

IRNA

Kerman, Dec 26, IRNA -- Devastating and killer quake in Kerman has 
destroyed some 90 percent of the buildings in the city of Bam, it was 
nnounced on Friday. 
According to IRNA reporter in the city the number of victims and 
injured civilian is very high. 
Since about 70 percent of the houses in the city were made of 
bricks, many citizens have been trapped under fallen debris, said the 
report. Many relief workers have rushed to the city for rescue 
operations. 
Army helicopters are now actively conducting flights to help the 
victims of the devastating quake. 
The strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the open-ended 
Richter scale rocked the city of Bam in Kerman province at 5:28 hour 
local time (0158 GMT) on Friday. 
Several aftershocks, at least one up to 5.3 degrees on Richter 
scale, hit the quake-stricken city of Bam after the 6.3-degree 
quake rocked the city. 
MM/211 
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