Czech rescue team working around clock in Turkey

Czech rescue workers began helping the search for people buried in the rubble in the Turkish city of Adiyaman late on Tuesday night. The country was hit by devastating earthquakes on Monday. A spokesperson for the Czech fire service said that the team were going to be working in shifts around the clock.

Czechia sent 68 urban search and rescue specialists to Turkey on Tuesday. They first landed in Adana and were then taken to Adiyaman, which is in the south-east of the country, by Turkish military planes.

The team includes doctors, construction engineers and dog handlers as well as fire officers.