A dog was found alive under rubble five days after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
Elif Polat, a nurse working with a search and rescue team in hard-hit Hatay province, said the canine was found some 138 hours after the earthquake that struck southern Turkey.
“It was miraculous because we were removing rubble and just carcasses, and the dog was buried in the rubble with almost no gaps,” he said.
Video shows first responders pulling on the dog’s collar to help the pet out of the rubble Saturday night. The dog could later be seen wagging its tail.
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A dog was found alive Saturday night under rubble in Turkey’s Hatay province. (@eliffpolaat via SPECTEE/TMX)
In the southeastern city of Adiyaman, a 4-year-old girl was found alive in the rubble on Monday, 177 hours after the earthquake, while a 13-year-old boy was found alive five hours later in Hatay province, according to The Associated Press.
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A woman cries as people stand in front of a destroyed building in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, Monday, February 13. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
As of Monday, more than 35,000 deaths have been reported in Turkey and Syria after the earthquake.
Cracks are seen along the highway near the southern Turkish town of Pazarcik on Sunday, February 12, after last week’s earthquake. (IHA via AP)
But the number is likely to exceed 56,000 people, United Nations emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said.
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“I think it’s difficult to estimate accurately as we need to hide under rubble, but I’m sure it will double or more,” Griffiths told Sky News over the weekend. “It’s terrifying. This is nature fighting back in a really harsh way.”
Fox News’ Paul Best contributed to this report.
