Denizli Metropolitan Municipality Fire Brigade search and rescue teams, who went to the disaster area immediately after the disaster of the century that shook Turkey deeply, returned to Denizli after completing their search and rescue activities in Hatay. After the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality mobilized all its resources in Hatay under the coordination of AFAD, and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade teams, from the first day of the earthquake and helped by saving 36 lives from 12 different wrecks with 112 personnel and 14 vehicles. Denizli Metropolitan Fire Brigade teams gained a great appreciation for their devoted and self-sacrificing work in the region and rescued five pet friends out of the wreckage alive. Having completed the search and rescue activities in the Antakya district of Hatay, the teams continue to work in the region with the sentry teams to ensure fire safety in the Iskenderun district under the coordination of AFAD.

 

''May Allah bless our teams''

 

Denizli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Osman Zolan said they are proud of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality Fire Brigade teams working hard in search and rescue activities. Emphasizing that he witnessed their work in the region and that the Metropolitan Fire Brigade often came together, Mayor Zolan thanked the employees of the Metropolitan Municipality, who worked day and night to save lives, and said, ''It was indeed a great disaster. May Allah bless our teams who voluntarily went to the earthquake zone as soon as they got the news. I am proud of them. ''