Türkiye: 26 injured after panicking in response to 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Balikesir

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At least 26 people were injured when they reacted in panic to the collapse of several buildings following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake west of Türkiye. According to the authorities' report, citizens were injured after jumping out of windows or running away in a hurry in the province of Balikesir. In this regard, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya assured that there were no fatalities after the earthquake that occurred on Monday night. In this context and on the instructions of the government, teams from the Provincial Directorate of the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change remain deployed to assess the damage caused, while removing debris in the affected areas.  #teleSUREnglish #Türkiye #Earthquake #Balikesir #EmergencyResponse #DisasterManagement

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00:00In other news, at least 26 people were injured when they reacted in panic to the collapse of several buildings

00:05following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake west of Turquia.

00:10According to the authorities' report, citizens were injured after jumping out of windows

00:14or running away in a hurry in the province of Balikasir.

00:18In this regard, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerilkaya assured that there were no fatalities

00:24after the earthquake that occurred on Monday night.

00:26In this context, and on the instructions of the government,

00:30teams from the Provincial Decaturate of the Environmental, Urbanization and Climate Change

00:35remain deployed to assess the damage caused while removing debris in the affected areas.

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