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Final Up to date: February 17, 2023, 15:33 IST
Turkey and Syria noticed one of many worst earthquakes in current historical past (Credit: AP)
The demise toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake has surpassed 41,000 throughout southeastern Turkey and Syria, changing into the area’s deadliest pure catastrophe in centuries
5 Syrian youngsters and their mother and father died on Friday in a hearth that struck a Turkish dwelling they moved to after surviving final week’s earthquake, native media reported.
The Syrian household moved to the central area of Konya from the southeastern Turkish metropolis of Nurdagi, which was badly hit by the February 6 temblor.
The demise toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake has surpassed 41,000 throughout southeastern Turkey and Syria, changing into the area’s deadliest pure catastrophe in centuries.
Anadolu state information company stated the Syrian household had moved in with their kinfolk in Konya after the quake, following a path taken by hundreds of thousands of others displaced by the catastrophe.
“We noticed the fireplace however we couldn’t intervene. A woman was rescued from the window,” resident Muhsin Cakir advised Anadolu.
The 5 youngsters who died have been aged between 4 and 13, Anadolu stated.
It was unclear whether or not the woman who was rescued was a member of the identical household.
Turkey is dwelling to almost 4 million Syrians.
Lots of them dwell in southeastern areas devastated by final week’s catastrophe, which has claimed the lives of greater than 38,000 folks in Turkey and practically 3,700 in Syria, based on official figures.
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