Total destruction, tens of thousands of victims, wounded and missing – this is the picture in Turkey and Syria at the moment. At the beginning of the week, a devastating earthquake of 7.8 hit the border regions of our southern neighbor.
Millions are affected, hundreds of thousands are homeless. Against this background, the list of dead continues to increase, thousands are missing under the ruins of collapsed buildings.
In the studio of bTV “7.8 on Richter: The Disaster” you will see inclusions of our special envoys in Turkey – reporters Beste Sabri and Ivan Georgiev and operators Ognyan Krastev and Krasimir Parvanov, together with technical assistant Mario Nikolchev. They were joined by Gergana Venkova and cameraman Yavor Vladimirov.
Follow with us their inclusions, heartbreaking stories and expert commentary in this online report. The new information is at the top.
19:50 Small donors gave all their collected money to those suffering after the earthquake.
19:42 In the first hours after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, three Bulgarians started urgent donation campaigns. These are Manol Peykov, Lazar Radkov and Nikola Rahnev.
19:40 For several hours, rescuers have been struggling to pull a woman out from under the rubble of a building. bTV’s special correspondents in Antakya are monitoring the rescue operation.
19:37 Pilot Lazarin Lazarov: I am very pleased that we have done our job. We made 8 flights to Turkey, he said.
19:35 The special envoys of bTV in Turkey, Beste Sabri and the operator Ognyan Krastev, have returned to their native land. What are the moments they will never forget?
19:30 Many Bulgarians remain in Turkey. They have already saved several lives. These are the firefighters from Blagoevgrad.
19:27 The conditions in the Bulgarian camp near Kahramanmarash are harsh – cold, in tents, without heating and on duty in several shifts – 24 hours a day.
19:20 The death toll is rising by the hour and rescue teams are still trying to find any survivors in the wreckage in Turkey and Syria.
You can support the victims by SMS to our short number 1466 partners from the Bulgarian Red Cross and by SMS to the number 17 777 with the short text DMS TRUS to our partners from the BCause Foundation. See other donation options here.
