BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Azerbaijan turned
the primary nation to supply help to Türkiye after the
earthquake, in response to an article printed within the DHA, Trend stories.
The article notes that after the earthquake, which plunged
Türkiye into mourning, many nations supplied their assist, however
Azerbaijan was the primary nation to supply help.
“On the very first day of this disaster, when the variety of
useless and wounded has been rising each hour, a search and
rescue group from Azerbaijan has arrived within the earthquake zone.
There are 120 individuals working in Kahramanmarash, which was the
epicenter of the earthquake, and 250 in different provinces. Fully
staffed skilled groups of 10, 15, 20 persons are placing nice
efforts to avoid wasting individuals’s lives on the web site of collapsed buildings
within the earthquake zone. These groups rescue individuals from below piles
of rubble. They additionally assist to drag out the our bodies of the useless from
below the rubble,” the article mentioned.
An earthquake with a magnitude of seven.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers within the Pazarcik area of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras had been subjected to
extreme destruction.
The quake’s epicenter was situated 26 km away from the town of
Gaziantep with a inhabitants of about 1.06 million.
Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority mentioned that
three extra earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep
province in south-eastern Türkiye. As a results of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, robust tremors had been additionally felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the newest knowledge, because of the earthquake,
5,434 individuals had been killed, 31,777 individuals had been injured, and 5,775
buildings had been destroyed.
Following Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s order, the fast
response forces of the nation involving 420 individuals had been despatched to
Türkiye on Feb. 6 to assist the search and rescue efforts carried
out within the earthquake space. The staff supplied with the correct
gear, in addition to with search and rescue canine, have already
commenced looking out operations.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Emergency Situations has despatched
well-equipped cellular subject hospitals, in addition to a gaggle of 41
specialists to Türkiye as a way to get rid of the quake
implications. The aid provides containing tents, blankets,
heaters, in addition to three containers for a cellular subject hospital
had been additionally despatched by the opposite plane.