Hundreds of people are still missing in Turkey

Rescue teams in eastern Turkey today, Monday, October 24, managed to pull foursurvivors from the pile of rubble by the earthquake, which killed 260 people so far.

One of the rescued victims called the police when he was trapped under earthquakedebris that hit Sunday.

In one of the locations where the collapse of 20 apartments, about 80 people still missing,including a six-year-old daughter.

Meanwhile, about a hundred reportedly still missing and rescuers hunt against time to save them.

Heavy equipment and sniffer dogs were deployed to search for survivors with the help of the citizens who use sophisticated tools.

Aid agencies have set up tents, a communal kitchen and makeshift hospital in the twocities most affected by the earthquake, the Van and peas.

No need of foreign aid

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Maybe there are about 100 people (under rubble). Could be more or less, but not a thousand."

Idris Naim Sahin

However the Minister of Home Affairs, Idris Naim Sahin, said kepapa reporters that the number of victims trapped in rubble in the pea is not as much as previously thought.

"Maybe there are about 100 people (under rubble). It could be more or less, but not athousand," he said as quoted by AP news agency.

The government estimates that about 970 buildings collapsed in the earthquake region.Partially collapsed easily because it is built of bricks made ​​of mud.

About 2,400 rescue workers were deployed in search and recovery efforts, backed by 680health workers, 108 ambulances, and 12 dogs.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting the quake area on Sunday and insistedhis country was still able to handle the impact of this earthquake without assistance fromanother country.

Source : BBC INDONESIA