(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Azerbaijan's third biggest city of Sumgayit dispatched around 16
tons of humanitarian aid, including four container houses, with a
total value of 230,000 manats ($135,290) to the victims of the
earthquake in Turkiye, Azernews reports.
Additionally, Sumgayit will send 22 container houses intended
for temporary residence of people in the quake-hit regions.
Special collection points for humanitarian aid have been set up
in different parts of the city, where residents have been massively
bringing bed linen, warm clothes, diapers, cleaning products,
canned and dry food, medical and other necessary supplies.
In the coming days, it is planned to send humanitarian aid with
a total weight of 75 tons and an amount of nearly 500,000 manats
($294,120) on more than 11 heavy trucks from the city.
Currently, activities to collect humanitarian aid in Sumgayit
are continuing.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reports that on
January 6, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central Turkiye. The
epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers off Gaziantep with a
population of about 1.06 million. The earthquake's epicenter was
located 7 km below the surface. According to Turkiye's Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority, three more earthquakes with
magnitudes of 6.4 to 6.6 shook the province of Gaziantep in
southeastern Turkiye.
Azerbaijan was the first country to provide assistance to
Turkiye immediately after the earthquake.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations is continuing to send
humanitarian aid and rescuers to Turkiye.
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Sabina Mammadli is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
Twitter: @sabinammdl
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