Trapped Under Rubble For 54 Hours, 5 Quake Victims Rescued In Southeastern T�rkiye
Faizan Hashmi Published February 08, 2023 | 04:30 PM
T�rkiye, Feb 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Feb, 2023 ) :After being trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings for 54 hours in T�rkiye's quake-hit southeastern Adiyaman province, five victims were rescued by teams on the ground on Wednesday.
In Adiyaman's city center, 46-year-old Hatice Tekin and her daughters Elif (12) and Ayca (10) were pulled alive from the debris of a collapsed five-story building after 54 hours, and were taken to medical teams.
The rescue efforts in the collapsed building are going on for the father and Hatice's other child.
Meanwhile, in the Besni district of Adiyaman, through long efforts, fire brigade teams sent by the municipality of northwestern Kocaeli province rescued Ahmet Aydin and his son Yusuf, also 54 hours after the devastating quake hit the region.
At least 7,108 people were killed and 40,910 others injured after two strong earthquakes on Monday jolted southern T�rkiye, the country's disaster agency AFAD said on Wednesday.
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