Businesses reopen as searchers dig in Indonesia earthquake rubble

Residents inspect a building collapsed in Friday’s earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia (Yusuf Wahil/AP)

Grocery stores, gas stations and other shops were reopening in a quake-hit Indonesian city on Wednesday where debris still covered streets and searchers continued to dig in the rubble for more victims.

Immediate food and water needs have been met and the local government has started to function again in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju and the neighbouring district of Majene on Sulawesi island, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesperson Raditya Jati said in a statement.