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Miners among rescuers following deadly earthquake in Turkey

The equipment used to extract metals and minerals is now being repurposed to help find people buried in the rubble after Turkey experienced two massive earthquakes on Sunday (February 5).

More than 1600 miners from the nation’s coal mines and private mining firms have been sent to the areas hardest hit by the earthquake. Photo: Turkish Coal Enterprises

More than 1600 miners from the nation’s coal mines and private mining firms have been sent to the areas hardest hit by the earthquake. Photo: Turkish Coal Enterprises

Registering 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, the quakes are considered the strongest to hit the region in a century shaking 10 provinces across south-eastern Turkey, as well as parts of northern Syria....

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