Mother and 3 children rescued after 18 hours under rubble in Turkey

A mother and her three children were pulled alive the rubble of a collapsed building where they had been trapped for almost 18 hours after powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Izmir province on Friday.

Search and rescue efforts were continuing to rescue a fourth child, according to the local sources.

At least 28 people were died and more than 800 were injured in the earthquake. 

More than 100 people have rescued alive from the rubble, said Murat Kurum, the country’s Environment and Urban Planning Minister.

17 buildings were destroyed in the earthquake. While search and rescue activities have been completed in the wreckage of 8 buildings, the efforts are ongoing in 9 others,” Kurum said.

543 aftershocks have been recorded in the region since the earthquake, according to the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD). 

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