Vietnamese rescue team searches for buried people in Türkiye: No food, no rest, race for time

According to the latest developments, the international rescue team of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, as soon as it arrived in the city of Adiyaman (Turkey), immediately started work despite the unfavorable weather. Members of the Vietnamese rescue team are digging and searching in the hope of finding the victim alive.

On the morning of February 11, a representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department (Fire and Rescue Department, Ministry of Public Security) said that the international rescue mission of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has begun to carry out rescue work. accident in the city of Adiyaman, Turkey.

Specifically, at 7 am on February 10 (Turkish time), the delegation landed at Istanbul airport. From Istanbul airport, the delegation continued to fly to the city of Adana to carry out rescue work. According to the arrangement of the Turkish Emergency and Disaster Response Agency (AFAD), the international rescue force of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam will be on duty in Adiyaman city.

"The distance from the airport to the place of duty is about 300km, it is expected to take about 6 hours to travel, but because of the snowy weather, the road is slippery, so it takes more than 10 hours to move continuously to arrive. ", the representative of the delegation said.

The delegation also added that because it was difficult to travel and had to transport 15 tons of equipment for rescue work, the team had to split into two groups to move. At 3 a.m. on February 11 (Turkey time), a rescue mission from the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam arrived at the collapsed building on Road 531, Adiyamam.

"We were informed by the Turkish Emergency and Disaster Response Service that 15 people were trapped in the rubble of the building. As soon as we arrived, we conducted reconnaissance and entered the operation. immediately," said the delegation's representative.

The representative of the delegation said that the spirit of the rescue and rescue force of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam is to try to find survivors trapped in the rubble, so the reconnaissance process is carried out. Very meticulous, well planned.

"The situation in the field is extremely difficult because the temperature has dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius, in addition collapsed buildings continue to fall. If there is no meticulous plan, it is the rescue team, Rescuers will be in danger," the delegation said.

In addition, the delegation also said that if there is no specific plan, it will be very easy to have an accident because in this place, the buildings have very weak foundations and structures, ready to collapse at any time. In addition to the main task of rescue and rescue, members of the mission will perform other medical tasks under the coordination of the Turkish Emergency and Disaster Response Agency.

Previously, on the afternoon of February 9, the Ministry of Public Security held a ceremony to send out the rescue and rescue troops to go on a mission in Türkiye. This is the first time that Vietnam has deployed forces to participate in search and rescue activities for natural disasters occurring far away from Vietnam's territory. disaster and rescue such as El Salvador, Korea, Algeria, Russia, Iraq, Mexico...

The Vietnamese community in Turkey has also launched a campaign to donate necessities and clothes to support the people of this country to overcome the terrible earthquake disaster.

Turkey has so far recorded more than 17,000 deaths in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6, bringing the total number of victims to 21,051. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes and were starving in the middle of the cold winter. Survivors in affected areas in both Türkiye and Syria are facing unusually cold weather. In the city of Aleppo, Syria, the temperature this weekend is forecast to drop to -2 or -3 degrees Celsius. February's lowest temperature in this area is usually 2.5 degrees Celsius.

WHO warns survivors in Türkiye, Syria at risk of secondary disaster, as surrounding conditions worsen.

"Many survivors are out in the open, in terrible and worsening conditions," Robert Holden, the World Health Organization's (WHO) earthquake response director, said on February 9. "Supplies of water, fuel, electricity, communications are disrupted. We are at risk of a secondary disaster that could affect more people than the original disaster."

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