Losses devastate oil town Neftegorsk after Sakhalin quake
NEFTEGORSK, Sakhalin Island AP. Survivors and rescuers recount a devastated town where 860 bodies passed through a makeshift morgue. Officials fear 2,000 may have perished in the 7.5 quake that toppled homes and a school. Bodies lie exposed, some in open coffins, awaiting identification or refrigeration in Okha.
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