Live Updates: Rescue Underway to Recover People Trapped by Second Avalanche in Eastern Turkey
Live Updates: Rescue Underway to Recover People Trapped by Second Avalanche in Eastern Turkey
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A second avalanche in as many days occurred in Bahcesaray, a district of Van Province in eastern Turkey, burying a rescue team working to retrieve people... 05.02.2020, Sputnik International
A second avalanche in as many days occurred in Bahcesaray, a district of Van Province in eastern Turkey, burying a rescue team working to retrieve people trapped under an earlier avalanche.
According to initial reports from local medics, eight rescuers died under the snow slide, while up to 20 were believed missing.
Alert : A second avalanche has occurred in #Turkey killing at least 8 rescue workers and leaving at least 20 others buried under the snow. Rescue workers were sent to rescue people from an earlier #avalanche that killed 5 people near the town of Bahcesehirpic.twitter.com/tiDmpbPpRo
The rescue team were responding to an earlier avalanche that buried a snow-clearing vehicle and a minibus at a highway near the town of Bahcesehir on Tuesday. As a result of the avalanche, five people were killed, and two were trapped.
Gülşen Orhan, originally from Van province, where the incident occurred, joined the rescue team to assess the situation. She is currently hospitalised but in a stable condition.
14:19 GMT 05.02.2020
"We have received sad news: the number of people killed in the landslides has reached 33", Erdogan said, as aired by the NTV broadcaster.
13:29 GMT 05.02.2020
"As a result of the incident, 26 people were killed, including rescue workers, and 53 more were injured", Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said.
12:42 GMT 05.02.2020
Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez was quoted by DHA news agency as saying the retrieved bodies included nine civilians, eight gendarmerie officers, three village guards and a firefighter.
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