(MENAFN- AzerNews) The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is
carrying out activities to support the earthquake-hit people of
Turkiye, SOCAR told Azernews.
Support measures include the free uninterrupted supply of
gasoline and diesel fuel to all ambulances, firefighters, and other
rescue vehicles in Hatay, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, and
Sanliurfa provinces, as well as help for the evacuation of 373
Azerbaijani citizens from the disaster zone, assistance to the
quake victims, meeting needs of the company's employees and their
relatives, direct donations to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency
Management Agency (AFAD) and the AHBAP charity organization, and
also sending diapers, tents, generators, medicines.
SOCAR employees have also implemented a number of other support
actions in Turkiye. In particular, 25 employees, including three
doctors, were directly involved in search and rescue operations.
Furthermore, the company employees made individual donations to the
AFAD, Turkish Red Crescent Society, and AHBAP platforms.
The company currently continues efforts to support the recovery
of provinces in Turkiye in the post-quake period.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Türkiye on February
6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven kilometers in
the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The provinces of
Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman, Sanliurfa,
Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to severe
destruction.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. Following the
latest data, 20,665 people have been killed, and 80,088 have got
injured in the quake.
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