2023-09-14 11:26:00
After spending 18 hours clearing 15 cubic meters of earth and stones, we managed to get her out alive, says one of the team members.
14 sep 2023 . Updated at 12:51 p.m.
Five forest firefighters of the Valencian Generalitat are carrying out humanitarian missions in Morocco, after the disaster caused by the earthquake they managed to rescue a nine-year-old girl who was under the ruins last night.
After much fighting, After spending 18 hours clearing 15 cubic meters of dirt and stones, we managed to get her out alive. It will be difficult to forget the heartbreaking image of the rescue of the girl wrapped in a blanket, along with the joy and celebration of his family for recovering her, said firefighter Edgar Xavier Juan, according to Europa Press.
According to those responsible for the project, the work of local devices is being reinforced, especially in areas of inhospitable villages that are cut off.
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Firefighters will continue to carry out rescue and rescue work until Fridayalong with thirteen volunteers from other organizations, as reported by the Valencian Generalitat in a statement. To carry out the interventions, the forest firefighters participate in groups of which they are part along with doctors, nurses, NGO volunteers and members of other organizations. bodies.
In the aid device are Rafael Lisa, a member of the Mutxamel Heliborne Unit, who has joined the rescue team of the GEA Spain association and the volunteers of the URIF International Forest Fire Response Unit Edgar Xavier Juan (Castell de Rugat) and Ivn Jord (Cocoll heliborne unit) are participating with Manuel Ruiz (Castell unit), from Bombers pel Mn.
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The strongest retort
The most important aftershock recorded by the National Geographic Institute (IGN) of Spain shook the Atlas early this Thursday. The tremor wasa magnitude 4.6the first aftershock that exceeds 4.3 since the earthquake on the 8th that left almost 3,000 dead, at 6:53 local time (one hour more in Spain) and was felt in the city of Marrakech.
Since the earthquake of magnitude between 6.8 and 7 (depending on the organization that measures it) that occurred six days ago, there have been multitude of replicas in the area and some have felt, like a 3.9 yesterday Wednesday, that in the village of I N’Tala led the rescue services to ask journalists to leave the area due to the danger of landslides.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor felt this Thursday was magnitude 4.6 and It occurred at a depth of 9.7 kilometers near Ighil, the same village in the Atlas Mountains that was the epicenter of the deadly earthquake.
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