Turkey-Syria earthquake: Growing fears over safety of buildings amid dramatic attempts to reach survivors

Dramatic footage has shown a woman being pulled from a high-rise building as rescuers continue to risk their own lives looking for survivors following the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

The woman was lowered to the ground on a cherry picker in the southern Turkish city of Adana amid continuing fears over the safety of many buildings.

It was one of numerous rescues being carried out with countless people believed to still be trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed infrastructure.

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Several thousand people are reported to have been killed or injured after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

It was centred in the southern Turkish town of Pazarcik near to the city of Gaziantep and close to the border with Syria.

The overnight quake was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon. Another 7.5 magnitude earthquake later hit central Turkey.

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In other pictures, a girl was seen being carried away from a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

There was also footage of the rescue of a child in Souran in northern Syria, with images showing the youngster being carried away from another devastated site following the quake.

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said it is not known how high the number of casualties will reach.

Mr Erdogan said 2,818 buildings had collapsed in Turkey after the first tremor, describing it as the country’s “largest disaster” since 1939, when a major quake struck the eastern province of Erzincan.

He added 5,385 people had been injured in the quake, with 2,470 people rescued from the ruins of buildings.