Azerbaijani Rescuers Continue Search & Rescue Operations In Quake-Hit Turkiye
Date
2/17/2023 3:12:17 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more The rescue forces of the Azerbaijani Emergencies Ministry have
recovered 12 more bodies from the rubble in heavily quake-hit areas
of Turkiye.
The ministry says that a total of 53 people have been rescued
and the bodies of 741 people have been pulled from the rubble by
Azerbaijani forces.
Similarly, Azerbaijani expert Jeyhun Khalilov rescued 14 people
using a special technical device.
In his words, the device, consisting of two cameras and an
acoustic voice recorder, is able to display the situation under the
rubble and provide the possibility of interaction.
Commenting on two missing Azerbaijani citizens,
Azerbaijani Embassy in Türkiye said that there are still no updates
on them.
'Information has been collected about many of our
citizens. We still have two Azerbaijani citizens, about whom there
is no information yet. The search is continuing,' the report
says.
Furthermore, the ministry has launched another tent city in
Kahramanmaras province with the use of tents dispatched from
Azerbaijan.
Besides, the ministry established another campsite of 300 in the
courtyard of the Sutcu Imam University in Kahramanmaras. The tent
camp is equipped with all living necessities, including a mobile
field kitchen.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Turkiye's southeastern part on
February 6, 2023, according to the European-Mediterranean
Seismological Centre.
At the moment of writing, the overall death toll in Turkiye has
risen to over 41,000.
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