Italy sends help to Turkey as total quake death toll passes 11,000.

Italian firefighters engaged in rescue efforts in Turkey after Monday's devastating earthquake have pulled a 23-year-old man alive from the rubble in Antakya, according to news reports in Italy.

It took the Italian specialists nine hours to extract the man from under a collapsed building in the south-eastern city, near the Syrian border, where the 7.8-magnitude quake struck early on Monday.

#Terremoto #Turchia, dopo 9 ore d’intervento squadre #USAR #vigilidelfuoco hanno salvato un 23enne bloccato tra le macerie di una palazzina crollata ad Antiochia. Operazioni estremamente complesse per le numerose scosse di assestamento#Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #8febbraio pic.twitter.com/i8Z6oIAl1e

— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) February 8, 2023

Rescuers from Italy's USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) team also located two other survivors trapped under rubble of collapsed buildings - a 16-year-old boy and a 65-year-old woman - reports Italian news agency ANSA.

#Turchia #terremoto, #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro nella zona di Hatay per ultimare il campo base. Team #USAR sul campo per la valutazione delle priorità operative#7febbraio #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/dk1lXBfUbP— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) February 7, 2023

The 60 Italian rescuers from the USAR unit joined rescue workers in Turkey on Tuesday, as civil protection minister Nello Musumeci stated that Italy would send a ship with aid, including enough equipment for a major field hospital.

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