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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

A young girl was rescued alive from rubble in Türkiye's Kahramanmaraş province 248 hours after the devastating earthquake, Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday.

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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

Footage showed her being carried on a stretcher to an ambulance covered with a gold-coloured thermal blanket.

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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

"She looked to be in good health. She opened and closed her eyes," coal miner Ali Akdoğan, who took part in the rescue effort, told AFP in Kahramanmaraş, a city near the quake's epicentre.

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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

"We have been working here in this building for a week now... We came here with the hope of hearing sounds," he said.

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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

"We are happy whenever we find a living thing -- even a cat."

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Young girl rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

The girl's uncle tearfully hugged the rescuers one by one, saying: "We will never forget you."

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Young woman rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Türkiye

At least 36,187 people were killed by the two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye last week, the country's disaster agency said on Thursday.

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Young woman rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Türkiye

The Feb. 6 magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaraş province, affected more than 13 million people across 11 provinces, including Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa, and Elazığ.

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Young woman rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Türkiye

Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, also felt the strong tremors that struck Türkiye in the space of fewer than 10 hours.

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Young woman rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Türkiye

Türkiye's new campaign for earthquake victims, named Türkiye One Heart, raised over 115.1 billion Turkish liras ($6.1 billion) as many Turkish television and radio stations joined forces late Wednesday to hold an aid drive to help the survivors of last week's devastating earthquakes.

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Young woman rescued from rubble 248 hours after earthquake in Türkiye

Companies, institutions, organizations and individuals made donations to the campaign via a joint live broadcast through 200 television and 500 radio stations.