The team had been there since Feb 8. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – A 68-member Singapore Civil Defence Force team, which has been helping with rescue operations in Turkey after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the region on Feb 6, will head home on Friday.
A second team, comprising 48 officers and four dogs from SCDF’s K-9 unit, arrived on Feb 10 with additional equipment, medical supplies as well as communication and logistics support tools. Singapore’s Ambassador to Turkey, Mr Jonathan Tow, visited the contingent’s base in the south-eastern town of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday as they prepared to stand down after eight days of search and rescue work.
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