Turkey Earthquake: Rescue teams find more survivors

Rescuers pull survivors out of mounds of rubble five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria.

Published on: Feb 11, 2023 4:56 PM IST

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Rescue teams on Saturday pulled five members of a family alive from the wreckage of their home 129 hours after a devastating earthquake ripped through the region and neighbouring Syria.  (AFP)

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Rescuers first extricated mother and daughter from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdag, in Gaziantep province, as per a report in local media.  (PTI)

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in coordination with the Turkish Army on Friday rescued an 8-year-old girl from earthquake-hit Turkey.  (ANI)

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At least four more people were rescued early on Saturday including a disoriented 16-year-old and a 70-year-old woman.  (AFP)

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"Hard work & motivation pays; NDRF team in co-ordination with Turkish Army successfully rescued another live victim (Girl aged 8Yrs) @1545hrs at Loc:Bahceli Evler Mahallesi, Nurdagi, Gaziantep, Turkiye," the NDRF tweeted.  (PTI)

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The rescues brought shimmers of joy amid overwhelming devastation days after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake collapsed thousands of buildings, killing thousands of people.  (AFP)

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Another quake nearly equal in power and likely triggered by the first caused more destruction hours later in the region.  (AP)

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Rescuers also pulled out a 13-year-old girl inside the debris of a collapsed building in Hatay province on Saturday.  (AFP)

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A group of 99 people from the Indian Army’s medical assistance team began treating the injured in a temporary field hospital in the southern city of Iskenderun, where a main hospital was demolished.  (AFP)

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Under 'Operation Dost' India has sent six planes carrying rescue personnel, essentials and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts to Turkey and Syria. (AP)