A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey on Monday (6th), killing more than 7,800 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, of which more than 5,800 were killed in Turkey and nearly 35,000 were injured; more than 2,000 people died in Syria, More than 3,700 people were injured.
Turkey sent 20,000 search and rescue personnel and mobilized 75 military planes to the disaster area to help transport the injured and supplies.
So far, more than 70 countries and regions in the world have pledged to provide assistance to Turkey, including China, Taiwan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
According to sources, the Hong Kong Fire Services Department sent about 40 collapse search and rescue teams (USRT) and ambulancemen to Turkey today (8th) to assist in the rescue. This operation provided assistance to the joint Chinese rescue team.
It is understood that the personnel gathered at the Tung Chung Fire Station at 4 pm today. The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" went to the Tung Chung Fire Station at 2 pm this afternoon and found a large tourist bus inside the station and a large number of members of the collapse search and rescue team.
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the incident with the Fire Services Department.
The picture shows on February 6, in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey, a building collapsed during the earthquake.
(Reuters)
According to the information, the Chinese government has sent 82 rescue team members and 4 search and rescue dogs to the local rescue, and provided emergency assistance of 40 million yuan (about 46,300 Hong Kong dollars) to Turkey.
The rescue team also carried a total of 20 tons of search and rescue, communication, medical and other rescue supplies and equipment.
According to CCTV news client news, China’s first social rescue force Ram rescue team also dispatched the first international city search and rescue team yesterday (7th) morning, starting from the Hangzhou base to the most severely damaged disaster area in Turkey. The fastest will arrive on the 8th local time in Turkey.
Taiwan sent two rescue teams with a total of 130 people and 5 rescue dogs to search and rescue the earthquake-hit areas in southern Turkey.
The first rescue team arrived at Istanbul Airport in Turkey yesterday (7th) morning, preparing to transfer to the hardest-hit area in the south of the country to start search and rescue work.
The United States deployed a disaster assistance response team and sent two fire and search and rescue teams with a total of 79 people to support the local area; the United Kingdom sent 76 rescue team members and 4 search and rescue dogs.
The European Union announced the launch of a comprehensive political crisis response mechanism, coordinating EU member states and agencies to send search and rescue teams to Turkey to provide assistance.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked the countries and organizations that came to help.
The Turkish authorities estimated that the number of people affected by the earthquake was close to 13,500, describing it as one of the greatest disasters in human history. The 10 affected provinces declared a three-month state of emergency, and flags across the country flew at half-mast on the 7th.
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