Number of dead in Italy quake climbs, first funerals to be held

A man helps a woman in front of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy.

Amatrice: The death toll from an earthquake that flattened parts of central Italy rose to 267 on Friday as rescue workers pulled more bodies from mounds of debris and families prepared to hold the first funerals.

The civil protection department in Rome said nearly 400 people were being treated for injuries in hospitals, and local media reports said about 40 of them were in critical condition.