(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more As instructed by President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Emergency
Ministry's rapid reaction forces have arrived in Turkiye to conduct
search and rescue operations, as well as eliminate the implications
of the powerful earthquake, Azernews reports.
It was noted that a team of 420 people will join the search and
rescue operations and work to clear the rubble.
The rescue team has already left the city of Adana, where it
arrived earlier, to the earthquake zone.
Additionally, two more planes with aid cargo will be sent to
Turkiye to eliminate the consequences of the disastrous
earthquake.
One of the planes will deliver a mobile field hospital of the
Emergency Ministry with 41 people, equipped with all kinds of
medical equipment and appropriate conditions for examination,
operations, and treatment of seriously wounded and sick people.
The mobile hospital consists of 4 functional blocks - reception
and distribution, laboratory, surgical, and resuscitation, three
auxiliary containers, and 3 modules. The ministry's professional
medical staff will operate in the mobile field hospital. The plane
will land at Adana Airport. The second plane will soon be
dispatched.
The second one will deliver tents, bedding, heaters, and other
equipment to accommodate people affected by the quake.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Turkiye on
the morning of February 6, 2023, according to the
European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The quake's epicenter
was located 26 km away from the city of Gaziantep with a population
of about 1.06 million. The source of the earthquake was 7 km below
the surface.
Further, three more quakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked
Gaziantep province in south-eastern Turkiye. As a result of the
earthquake that hit Turkiye, strong tremors were also felt in
Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the latest figures, nearly 3,000 people were killed
and 15,834 people were injured in the quake.