Chinese rescuers save three lives in quake-hit Turkiye

China's rescue team dispatched to Turkiye has helped pull three survivors out of the rubbles as of 8 pm Thursday local time after working constantly for over 30 hours, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The team, together with local rescuers, dragged a pregnant woman out of ruin at around 1:30 am local time in Antakya city, it said in a press release.

In the afternoon, they found another female survivor trapped in a nearby collapsed building, it added. The woman was rescued at 4 pm.

The third survivor, also a female, was pulled out at around 8 pm, after a two-hour joint operation of Chinese and local rescuers.

The Chinese team has been working constantly for over 30 hours when the third survivor was saved, the ministry said.

The chartered flight carrying the team arrived at Adana airport on Wednesday and immediately made the five-hour trip to Antakya.