Valencia firefighters rescue a father and his daughter more than four meters under the rubble in Turkey

Valencia firefighters rescue a father and his daughter more than four meters under the rubble in Turkey

Firefighters and volunteers from the Emergency and Catastrophe Rescue Unit (UREC) of the Valencia Provincial Firefighters Consortium and the Valencian NGO Intervention, Aid and Emergencies (IAE) have rescued this Wednesday afternoon two people among the rubble of a building in Turkey.

It is about two people who They are trapped more than four meters below the rubble of a building that has completely collapsed in the city of Adiyaman, in southeastern Turkey, due to the earthquake that occurred on Monday, for which the rescue has lasted several hours, according to sources from the Fire Consortium.

“We update the information: after six intense hours of work Two people have been rescued alive. A father and a daughter of about 12 years. Another son, this one lifeless, has also been found,” the Valencian body of troops has indicated through their Twitter account.

The same sources have pointed out that it is very likely that there are more people in the rubble of this buildingwhile from the NGO IAE they explain that they are working on the rescue, with the help of the Valencian firefighters, of four survivors near the base camp that they have installed in this city.

In total, fifteen members of the UREC and twelve of the NGO of Algemesí (Valencia) work in this area of ​​the border with Syria with the aim of trying to locate and rescue people alive, for which they have seismological detection equipment, dogs, rescue personnel with machinery and health personnel.

Source: Lasexta

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