Istanbul, The head of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency, AFAD, Yunus Sezer, announced that 32 people trapped under the rubble were rescued as a result of the earthquake that struck the eastern province of Malatya, on Monday noon.
Sezer said in a press conference from AFAD headquarters in the capital, Ankara, that 29 buildings collapsed as a result of the recent earthquake in Malatya, that 657 personnel participated in search and rescue work in the collapsed buildings in the state, and that 32 people were rescued from under the rubble.
He added that the recent earthquake resulted in the death of one person and the injury of 110 others, while search and rescue work continues in two collapsed buildings.
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck Malatya today noon.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency