Italian earthquake: Rescuers free 10-year-old girl trapped by rubble in Pescara del Tronto A 10-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Pescara del Tronto, 17 hours after the quake struck central Italy. 'She's alive!': Dramatic moment a ten-year-old girl is pulled from the rubble after spending 17 HOURS trapped upside down in Italian earthquake debris Child was hauled to safety by rescuers who shouted 'she's alive' as they carried her from the ruins Rescue happened in the devastated town of Pescara del Tronto after girl had been trapped for 17 hours The 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Norcia in Umbria, central Italy, at around 3.30am local time 159 dead including 8-month-old baby, his brother, nine, and their parents, who were buried in their sleep The hardest-hit towns were reported as Amatrice and Accumoli - some areas are completely cut off In the town of Pescara del Tronto, the bodies of the dead were laid out in a children's play park This is the dramatic moment a ten-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble after spending 17 hours trapped upside down in debris from the Italian earthquake. The child was hauled to safety by rescuers who shouted 'she's alive' as they carried her from the ruins of a building in the devastated central Italian town of Pescara del Tronto. Footage shows just the dust-covered legs of the youngster as emergency crews tried desperately to free her from the rubble. It was a brief moment of joy on a day in which at least 159 people were killed in the region following a 6.2-magnitude quake in the early hours of the morning. She had spent about 17 hours wedged in a collapsed building in what was once a picturesque hamlet. Incredibly, she did not appear to have suffered serious injuries. The frantic search for survivors of the Italian earthquake was continuing tonight as witnesses likened the hellish scenes to 'Dante's inferno' - and shocking pictures showed how four towns were almost wiped off the map. Danilo Dionisi, a firefighter from Ascoli Piceno said after the child's rescue: 'The ten year old girl was just pulled out now from the rubble and she is being taken to the hospital and that is good news. As far as the rest is concerned, the images speak for themselves, you can see what the town looks like.' At least 159 people have been killed, including two babies, and 100 people are believed to be trapped under rubble after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 3.30am local time this morning while villagers slept in their beds. Today rescuers spoke of hearing children's screams from the rubble and locals were spotted frantically digging with their bare hands to try and save loved ones. One man, Guido Bordo, 69, lost his sister and her husband after they were trapped inside their holiday house in the hamlet of Illica, north of hard-hit Amatrice. Before their deaths were confirmed, he had described how he could only hear the sound of cats as he scrambled to find his loved-ones beneath the rubble. The first victim to be named by local media reports is Marisol Piermarini - an 18-month-old baby who was sleeping in her crib when the house she was staying in Arquata del Tronto collapsed. Mother Martina and father Massimiliano have been taken to hospital with 'many wounds' after being pulled from the rubble. Tragically, the family had moved to the area from L’Aquila after their home there was destroyed in another earthquake in 2009. Panicked residents were sent fleeing into the streets as the powerful quake brought buildings crashing to the ground early this morning. This is the dramatic moment a little girl was pulled alive from the rubble of the "apocalyptic" Italian earthquake that has killed at least 250 people. Hundreds more are still missing after the 6.2 magnitude quake struck early on Wednesday morning - splitting towns and villages in two and destroying medieval buildings. GRIM AFTERMATH Italy earthquake leads to open-air mortuaries, rescue teams running out of body bags, people forced to sleep in the streets – as looting spreads through the destroyed towns Italy earthquake horror leaves 120 dead and hundreds missing as rescuers try to locate screams of trapped children Italy earthquake leaves at least 159 dead, rescuers racing against time Touching moment 10-year-old girl is pulled from rubble ALIVE 17 hours after Italy quake Italian Earthquake: A Tragedy Hundreds of Millions of Years in the Making Girl pulled from the rubble as Italy earthquake kills 247 Italy earthquake: Death toll passes 240 as rescue efforts continue After Earthquake in Italy, 'Half the Town No Longer Exists' Schoolgirl trapped for 17 hours pulled ALIVE from rubble after "apocalyptic" Italian earthquake tag:Italian, quake,Rescuer,free ,10-year-old, girl, trap, rubble,earthquake

• published: 24 Aug 2016
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