Home / News / World News / Article / Turkey port fire rages after deadly quake; death toll rises to 3381

Turkey port fire rages after deadly quake; death toll rises to 3381

Television images Tuesday showed thick black smoke rising from burning containers at Iskenderun Port on the Mediterranean Sea, in the city of Iskenderun

Listen to this article :
Police officer Zekeriya Yildiz hugs his daughter after they saved her from the rubble in Hatay on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country`s south-east. Pic/AFP

Police officer Zekeriya Yildiz hugs his daughter after they saved her from the rubble in Hatay on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country`s south-east. Pic/AFP

A frantic race was underway on Tuesday to find more survivors and help the injured as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria the previous day reached 4,600.

According to Aljazeera, Orhan Tatar, an official with Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), said that the number of dead in the Tureky at 3,381 on Tuesday morning.

Trending Stories

Latest Photoscta-pos

Latest VideosView All

Latest Web StoriesView All

Mid-Day FastView All

Advertisement
;