Greece sends rescue teams to Turkey: Firefighters, doctors, special rescue vehicle
epaselect epa10450660 A rescuer locates a person in the rubble of a building following an earthquake in Idlib province, Syria 06 February 2023. According to the US Geological Service, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck southern Turkey close to the Syrian border, causing buildings to collapse and sending shockwaves over northwest Syria, Cyprus, and Lebanon. At least 221 people were killed and 419 injured in northwest Syria, with hundreds remaining trapped under the rubble, according to the White Helmets group, the Syria Civil Defence operating in north the area. EPA/YAHYA NEMAH ATTENTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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A team of 21 firefighters with two rescue dogs and a special rescue vehicle is departing in the next few hours as aid mission to Turkey , which has been hit by a very strong earthquake.
At Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis orders, Greece immediately responded to Turkey’s request to send aid to deal with the devastating consequences of the 7.8 Richter earthquake that stroke in the early hours of Monday in Southeast Turkey and Syria.
The team will be accompanied by a Fire Brigade officer-engineer, five doctors and rescuers from EKAB as well as the professor and president of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation of Greece, Efthymios Lekkas.
The mission will depart with a C-130 military aircraft from Elefsina airport.
Source: ANA – MPA
Turkey`s earthquake will not affect Greece, Professor Lekkas tells Athens-Macedonian News Agency
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