The number of victims of the great earthquake that struck the area on the border between Turkey and Syria is increasing every hour. The Reuters agency published a rescue operation in Adana, where the services with the help of a crane freed a woman trapped on a high floor of a destroyed building.
On Monday afternoon, the services carried out a rescue operation in the southern town of Adana Turkey. The woman was trapped on a high floor of a destroyed block – rescuers had to use a crane because the staircase and elevator were completely destroyed.
The rescuer helped the woman over the threshold of the apartment window and got to the crane basket, and then lowered her to the ground.
Rescue operation in AdanaReuters
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
In Turkey and Syria There was an earthquake on Monday morning. The death toll rose hour by hour, reaching three thousand in the evening. At the same time, tens of thousands of people were injured. Several thousand houses are completely destroyed.
Strong earthquake in Turkey and SyriaPAP
A total of 5,021 people were killed by Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Turkey and Syria, according to the latest official figures.
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