Thousands sleep in open after Spanish quake

Thousands of people have spent the night outdoors in the south-eastern Spanish city of Lorca in fear of further tremors after Spain’s most destructive earthquakes in 50 years killed eight people and injured dozens more.

Thousands sleep in open after Spanish quake

Thousands of people have spent the night outdoors in the south-eastern Spanish city of Lorca in fear of further tremors after Spain’s most destructive earthquakes in 50 years killed eight people and injured dozens more.

People draped in blankets to protect them from the morning cold queued up for hot drinks handed out by volunteers at the five makeshift camps set up in the town that was hit by the two quakes.

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