Georgian rescuers save woman trapped in collapsed building in Turkey earthquake efforts [VIDEO]
Georgian rescuers saved a woman who was trapped under a collapsed building in the city of Adiyaman in south-east Turkey. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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A group of Georgian rescuers saved a woman who was trapped under a collapsed building in the city of Adiyaman in south-east Turkey, during rescue efforts following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed thousands, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
The body said 60 Georgian professionals, who left for Turkey on Monday along with accompanying hardware to ensure aid for the neighbouring country on the instructions of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, worked throughout the night in the city.
They found the woman under the debris of the building, with the survivor, who was able to speak, transferred to a nearby hospital.
Video by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The body added 40 more Georgian rescuers, trained in rescue and firefighting operations, would join the group in Turkey.
The Georgian professionals are equipped with modern acoustic devices, drones and communications vehicles, with the Chief of Georgia’s Emergency Management Service, Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, coordinating their work.
Responding to the devastating earthquake, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday announced a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces worst affected by the disaster that killed at least 6,234 in Turkey and more than 2,470 in neighbouring Syria.
More than 7,800 people were rescued across the 10 provinces, according to Orhan Tatar, an official with Turkey’s disaster management authority.
The 7.8 magnitude tremor struck early on Monday near the city of Gaziantep, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The Turkish Embassy in Georgia on Monday thanked the country’s authorities for their assistance following the earthquake that left over a thousand people dead in the south of the country.
Sixty Georgian professionals left for Turkey on Monday along with accompanying hardware to ensure aid for the country in its rescue efforts following the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,014 and left thousands injured, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday opened hotline numbers for Georgian citizens in Turkey following the deadly, 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 912 in the country’s south earlier today.
Georgian professionals will help with rescue efforts in the aftermath of the major earthquake in Turkey, after Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said the Government would send crews and equipment to the country.
A team of 40 rescuers from Georgia’s Emergency Situations Management Service will join their colleagues involved in the ongoing efforts in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said the legislative body would launch a charity campaign to send aid to people affected by the devastating quake in Turkey.
Georgian rescuers have saved a second survivor during their rescue efforts in Turkey, following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed thousands in the country, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The hilltop TV tower overlooking Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and the Adjarabet Arena stadium in the Black Sea city of Batumi were on Wednesday illuminated with the national colours of Turkey in a symbolic show of solidarity with the country following the earthquake that killed over 15,000 people this week.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, has thanked rescue crews sent from Georgia and other countries to help with the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on February 6, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, on Tuesday awarded rescuers, including Georgian professionals, who helped in the aftermath of the earthquake in the cities of Adiyaman and Antakya in February, in a move recognising their assistance.