Indonesia: Thousand feared trapped in Sumatra earthquake

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In Indonesia, survivors of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake are still being pulled from the rubble on Sumatra island. But the government says nearly 3,000 may still be trapped under flattened buildings. The UN's humanitarian chief John Holmes said at least 1,100 people have died.

Rescuers in Padang on Friday pulled a teenager and a teacher alive from their collapsed college about 40 hours after the powerful quake.

The nineteen-year-old girl was found alive under the rubble.

She was taken to hospital with a broken leg.

The teacher was freed about 48 hours after the college crumbled in the quake. She was pinned down by the rubble among the dead bodies of her students.

Elsewhere in the city, at the site of a hotel where as many as 100 are feared trapped, rescue workers detected signs of life under the structure.

Voices were heard 44 hours after the disaster, but the rescuers said the extensive damage made it very difficult to reach them.

Wednesday's undersea earthquake caused devastation across large parts of West Sumatra.

The most casualties were reported in the regional capital, Padang.

Officials say more than 20，000 buildings and houses have been seriously damaged or destroyed.