Four survivors found in Iran quake rubble

SURVIVORS of the devastating earthquake in Bam in southeast Iran spent another night in the freezing cold as relief, including an 80-strong US team, continued to flood in.

Newspapers meanwhile reported five cases of near miraculous escapes, including a baby and young girl pulled out of the rubble five days after the quake.

President Mohammad Khatami has estimated a death toll of 40,000, almost equalling that of a June 21, 1990 quake in northwestern Iran.