Czech firefighters ready to send special team to quake-stricken Morocco

Czech firefighters are ready to immediately send a special team to earthquake-hit Morocco to search through the rubble, they wrote on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter on Saturday, adding that they were waiting for an official request.

The Czech Fire and Rescue Service is sending two liaison officers to Morocco this evening to agree on the possible deployment of the urban search and rescue specialists in the affected area, following an agreement with Interior Minister Vít Rakušan and Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.

The special team has been helping, for example, in Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquakes this winter.