February 14th, Vietnam rescue team moved to a new duty area, belonging to Cinar Sitesi apartment building, 66 Kemalpasa street, Cumhuriyet district, Adiyaman city, Turkey. According to a soldier at the scene, this apartment complex consists of 3 buildings that have collapsed. Around the area, hundreds of tons of concrete were buried. In the immediate future, the delegation will coordinate with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Turkish forces. Notably, this building was identified with more than 100 victims lying under the rubble following the earthquake disaster. Initial reconnaissance of the Vietnamese delegation has not detected life here.
Video of the scene of a new rescue site in Turkey, where it was determined that more than 100 people are trapped.
On the same day, from the new rescue site, Major Lai Tuan Anh, an officer of the Rescue and Rescue Department (Department of Fire and Rescue Police) said: “When we arrived here, we found that Adiyaman province was greatly affected. Most of the buildings in Adiyaman province had their walls cracked, partially collapsed or completely collapsed. Up to this point, we have been assigned to 2 sites, both of which We faced a lot of difficulties because the scene of the collapse was large, we had to use search and rescue equipment such as cameras to detect victims in the rubble and radar systems to find people to try to find people. trying to find survivors, then using manual methods and measures to clean up the huge mass of rock carefully, avoiding affecting other victims and secondary collapse, as well as the safety of people and vehicles participating in the rescue work”.
According to Major Lai Tuan Anh, the delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has only 24 officers and soldiers, so it has to be divided into shifts to perform rescue work and ensure the health of officials on duty with a heavy workload. giant. Officers and soldiers worked continuously from 8 am to 10 pm, sometimes even more than 1 am the next day.
“At the scene, there are many different forces such as the international rescue force, the volunteer forces, the Turkish search and rescue force, so there is often no common command of all. forces. The use of multiple languages when communicating and deciding on methods and measures of search and rescue operations also face many difficulties. Up to now, we have always tried our best to organize quick, safe and effective rescue and rescue work and have received great affection from the people and Government of Turkey,” Major Lai said. Tuan Anh said.
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| Major Lai Tuan Anh, Officer of the Rescue and Rescue Department (Department of Fire and Rescue Police). |
Due to the severe impact of the earthquake, in Adiyaman province, the clean water system, accommodation and activities of the Vietnamese delegation were limited. Determining the above factors, the delegation prepared relatively carefully from food, water, tents for the delegation. However, the delegation still faced many difficulties, especially the weather conditions, at this time in Adiyaman province, the temperature ranged from -6 degrees Celsius to 6 degrees Celsius.
More regarding the group’s activities, Major Lai Tuan Anh said: “We have to use bottled water for bathing, cooking and daily activities. Convenience stores here are closed, people have to evacuate, so the purchase of food and food supplements such as vegetables, tubers and fruits must be asked by the Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey, which is regarding a distance from the delegation. more than 1,000 km to support and help”.
Regarding the initial results, Major Lai Tuan Anh said that the delegation had saved 1 survivor alive and directly searched for 6 bodies of the victims; handed over to the Turkish medical force. The rescue and rescue work is guaranteed to ensure the safety of people and vehicles involved.
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| On February 14, the Vietnamese rescue team moved to the third location. |
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| The coordinates are determined as Cinar Sitesi apartment building, 66 Kemalpasa street, Cumhuriyet district, Adiyaman city, Turkey. |
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| The scattered rocks were arranged in large layers, making it difficult for the rescue team. |
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| At this location, the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s delegation will coordinate with the USAID delegation and Turkish forces to carry out search and rescue work. |
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| The best meal of the rescue officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Public Security since the day they left. |
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| A special meal with the taste of the homeland of the rescue officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Public Security at the scene of the earthquake disaster in Turkey. |
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| Soldiers of the People’s Public Security of Vietnam coincidentally met their Turkish colleagues. The two sides had a brief exchange. |
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| The Turkish friends thanked the soldiers of the Vietnamese People’s Public Security, who, despite being far away, came to support their country and gave a “very special” gift to their Vietnamese colleagues. |
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| The new location where the Ministry of Public Security’s international rescue team works is highly dangerous, prone to secondary collapse. |
As of the morning of February 14, following earthquake disaster, the death toll in Turkey has reached 32,000; Millions of people are falling into homelessness. They sleep in tents, cars or mosques. Sharing difficulties with Turkey, from the followingnoon of February 9, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam sent 24 of the most elite officers and soldiers to Turkey to assist in rescue and search for victims. . help indigenous people overcome the consequences and soon stabilize their lives following the earthquake disaster. In addition, 2 tons of medical equipment will be provided to Turkey to provide emergency care to victims and people.
Regarding the progress of the relief work, according to Colonel Nguyen Minh Khuong, head of the rescue team of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, many countries have come to support Turkey and this support has been carried out in many locations. many places and many provinces and cities. Particularly in the city of Adiyaman – the locality where the Vietnamese delegation is on a mission, the delegation is coordinating to carry out the task with the rescue teams of China, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. This is also one of the three most damaged areas in the earthquake disaster on the morning of February 6 in Turkey.
