On February 12, Beijing time, the Fire Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government accepted a video interview with media reporters on the relevant situation of the rescue team of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's rescue team in Turkey.

Yu Wenyang, commander of the rescue team of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that after the rescue team arrived at the scene, due to the severe damage to the local road network, there was a shortage of transportation, gasoline and fuel, and the communication was unstable, which made the search and rescue work very difficult. difficulty.

He said that the disaster area is very extensive, and most buildings have collapsed or tilted, which has caused great difficulties for rescue work.

He also said that the low temperature in Turkey is also a big challenge for the Hong Kong team.

In addition, the language barrier also caused some difficulties in the rescue work.

  Zhu Wenlong, Director of Government Security Affairs of the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the biggest challenge in the rescue work is time. The Security Bureau contacted different departments to form a rescue team as soon as possible to carry out search and rescue operations in Turkey.

He said that after the earthquake, many air transportation facilities or roads were damaged, and many airports were unable to allow planes to land. After coordination, the Security Bureau finally found a flight that could take members of the rescue team and a large amount of equipment to Turkey.

(Reporter Fan Siyi Liang Yuan produced part of Sui Zhiyuan's video sourced from the Fire Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government)

Editor in charge: [Fang Jialiang]