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| Lift debris: Rescuers used heavy equipment to remove debris as they search for survivors in the peas, Provisni Van, eastern Egypt, on Monday. |
Two teachers and a student was rescued from the ruined buildings in eastern Turkey, yesterday, three days after a powerful earthquake that killed about 500 people. But search teams victims expressed hope to return to find people who are still alive is very small.
NTV television reported 25-year-old teacher, Seniye Erdem, lifted from the rubble almost in unison when rescue workers also save other teachers. The woman looked thirsty and asked her husband, who was killed, clear television. Previously a 27-year-old student successfully removed alive from a collapsed building in the peas, the city worst hit by an earthquake last week.
In other buildings were destroyed in the city, rescuers are working non-stop for more than 48 hours of putting out a generator and lights, after making sure there are no more survivors.
But a few seconds later, they menetima news that someone is trapped under the debris calling via cellular phone. ''There were three people trapped under rubble. When we picked up pieces of concrete, that phone calls could be heard,''said one rescuer.
But the hope of finding more survivors faded as the day started late and very cold temperatures. These conditions cause the attention diverted to provide protection to the survivors.
Foreign Aid
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude Last week, the strongest earthquake that shook Turkey in 10 years, has prompted the government to receive foreign aid, including from Israel despite the two countries under stress.
The grant is intended to create a refuge for families who lost their homes, amid increasing complaints of a lack of tents and other supplies.
Governor of Van said about 3,000 buildings have collapsed or can not be occupied again after the quake rocked the region that borders Iran. According to him, the greatest destruction occurred in the villages located at the bottom.
He estimates that about 600,000 people were affected by the earthquake. But instead of putting it shall mean all temporary accommodation needs. The exact number of people who lost the high ground is not yet clear.
And some people seem to fight each other aid workers distributed tents. Turkey declared 17 Red Cross trucks carrying food, blankets, rugs, and warm clothes robbed.
Meanwhile, riots erupted in a prison in the province of Van, after the government refused to move the prisoners to safety fears, said families of prisoners.
The sound of gunfire was heard from the complex, and smoke rose into the air at night, after the prisoners set fire to their blankets in protest.
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