Azerbaijani expert using special device to rescue people from rubble in Türkiye

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. Azerbaijani
expert Jeyhun Khalilov rescued 14 people in the earthquake area in
Türkiye thanks to a special technical device, Trend reports via TRT
Haber.

Khalilov joined the search and rescue operations in
Kahramanmaras.

He said that the device, consisting of two cameras and an
acoustic voice recorder, is able to display the situation under the
rubble and provide the possibility of interaction.

Through this device, a 17-year-old girl was first rescued from
the rubble on February 9.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.

The quake’s epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. Following the
latest data, 36,187 people died, and 80,278 have got injured in the
quake.