• Українською
  • Assistance to Turkey: rescuers continue search and rescue operations in a designated area in Hatay province
    State Emergency Service of Ukraine, posted 11 February 2023 08:29

    As of the evening of February 10, the second convoy of a consolidated detachment of the State Emergency Service consisting of 52 people and 10 vehicles arrived at the destination.

    Upon arrival, a briefing was held with the coordination headquarters, where further tasks and areas of rescue operations were determined and 2 search groups were formed.

    Having arrived in Antakya, 11 rescuers immediately started search and rescue operations as part of the first search group, which started in the evening.

    At night, 2 groups of rescuers worked in a designated area.

    As of February 10, search and rescue operations in the provinces of Sanliurfa and Kilis have been completed.

    Regarding the situation with Ukrainian citizens in Turkey. As of the evening of February 10, 140 appeals were received regarding the loss of contact with Ukrainians living in the disaster area. In particular, 118 people were contacted, 2 people were rescued from the rubble, and 1 person was hospitalized. Also, 12 people have been evacuated and 63 people needed aid (in the form of clothes, medicines, evacuation). According to preliminary information, 5 Ukrainian citizens could be trapped under the rubble.

    Since the start of the works, rescuers have inspected 159 buildings, cleared 72 rubble sites, provided medical assistance to one child, and unblocked the bodies of 4 dead people (including 2 children).

    The work is ongoing.

    International assistance was provided by 90 countries, and 38 urban search and rescue teams were deployed under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, including from Poland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and other EU countries.

    In total, 160,000 people are involved in search and rescue operations, including rescuers, firefighters, medics, military personnel, police, security officials, volunteers, and 12,240 units of equipment.