Although 4 days have passed, we still make efforts and hope for a miracle to save the lives of your people,” a member of the Ministry of Public Security’s delegation shared.
| Where 15 people were trapped after the earthquake. Image: H.N. |
At 7:30 a.m. on February 11 (3:30 in Turkey), the southeast of this country had heavy snowfall, with a temperature difference of tens of degrees compared to the weather in Vietnam.
At this time, an international rescue team with 24 members from the Ministry of Public Security arrived in Adıyaman city. Before that, the group landed at Adana airport on a flight departing from Istanbul. A policeman said that just taking off the gloves, immediately the hand was numb.
“From Adana to the rescue and rescue site, more than 300 km. We originally planned to move in 6 hours. However, heavy snowfall and slippery roads took the delegation up to 10 hours to reach this place,” a representative of the Fire Protection and Rescue Police Department told. Zing and said the situation in the area was littered with a huge amount of work.
Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security forces were then assigned to search and rescue at the ruins of a building on Road 531, in the city of Adıyaman, southeast Turkey. This place is said to have buried 15 people after the earthquake on February 6. A representative of the Fire and Rescue Police Department also said that if there is no specific plan, it will be very easy to have an accident because in this place, the buildings have very weak foundations and structures, ready to collapse at any time.
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| Vietnamese police began search and rescue at the scene at 8am on February 11 (4am in Turkey). Image: H.N. |
Colonel Nguyen Minh Khuong, Deputy Director of the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department, and Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Chi Thanh (of the Ho Chi Minh City Police) met with the organizers to discuss and make specific plans. Initially, a policeman scouting the scene said that he had not found any signs of trapped victims. “Although four days have passed, we still work hard and hope for a miracle to save the lives of your people,” he said.
As of the morning of February 11, the death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria had risen to more than 21,000.
The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6 and a number of strong aftershocks in both countries surpassed the death toll from a similar magnitude earthquake in 1999 in the west. northern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 people.
Meanwhile, Archyde.com The hope of saving more survivors is fading. International humanitarian agencies also expressed concern about a possible humanitarian emergency after the earthquake amid the cold weather in Turkey today.