They travel hand in hand with the NGO Acción Norte, with a team that has been joined by colleagues from Zamora and the Canary Islands. “Our job will be to work as a team and follow the guidelines of the authorities. We are going to help and not bother,” said one of the firefighters.
Euskaraz irakurri: Gasteizko sei suhiltzaile, Turkiara bidean: “Laguntzera eta taldean lan egitera goaz”
six firefighters from the park Vitoria-Gasteiz They have left today for the epicenter of the earthquakes suffered in Turkey and Syria to rescue survivors trapped under the rubble of the many fallen buildings. The expedition is organized by North Action NGOwith experience in numerous international humanitarian causes.
The Vitoria firefighters have taken a plane to Istanbul from Madrid and from there they will travel to Adana, located further south in the country. Speaking to EITB Media, Ander Bergara, one of the firefighters participating in this expedition, explained that it is the first time they have participated in a catastrophe of this magnitude. “Our job will be to work as a team and follow the guidelines of the authorities. We are going to help and not bother,” he said.
The organization of the trip “has been complicated,” he adds, because “we took a lot of rescue material.” “It has not been easy. We have had to contact embassies and airlines because we carry a lot of rescue material to work on collapsed structures; motor-cutting machines to cut concrete and wood, lighting material, generators… “.
For his part, the spokesman for the Basque Government, Bingen Zupiria, explained yesterday that the institution is willing to provide the necessary help both to rescue survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and to provide essential goods to the affected population. “When the central executive asks us for help, we are ready,” he insisted.
The earthquake that has shaken Turkey and Syria has mobilized the support of nearly a hundred countries and institutions, mainly with the contribution of volunteer teams for the rescues as well as financing and supplies for the care of the survivors. However, aid arrives unevenly, as the Ottoman state has more means at its disposal than war-torn Syria. The two countries raise to more than 8,700 the dead.
Source: Eitb
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