A man has been rescued alive this Friday after having passed 278 hours trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed the past February 6 due to magnitude earthquakes 7.7 and 7.6 who have left at least 38,000 dead in Turkey.

Hakan Yasinoglu, a 45-year-old man, was found alive in a demolished building in the neighborhood of Defne, in Antioquia and transferred to the hospital, reports the Turkish agency Anadolu, according to EFE. in the same district Two other men had been saved this morning, while a 12-year-old boy, from a Syrian family, was released from a landslide in a nearby area.

The three had spent 261 hours, almost 11 days, in the rubble. the two earthquakes have caused at least 38,000 deaths in Turkey, according to the latest update from Ankara, although it is estimated that the number will rise much higher still, and perhaps exceed 100,000, when it moves to the rubble removal phase.

The Vice President of the Turkish Government, Fuat Oktay, reported this afternoon that there is still Search and rescue work continues at 200 points. A total of 84,000 buildings are either collapsed or so badly damaged that they must be demolished urgentlyas stated this Friday by the Minister of Urbanism, Murat Kurum.