TURKEY: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 150 IN BIGNOL EARTHQUAKE.

Record ID: 961581

  • Title: TURKEY: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 150 IN BIGNOL EARTHQUAKE.
  • Date: 1st May 2003
  • Summary: (U2) BINGOL, TURKEY (MAY 1, 2003) (CHA - NO ACCESS TURKEY (ALL NIGHT SHOTS, POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SEQUENCES) 1. GV/PAN: DAMAGED BUILDING 0.10 2. GV/PAN: PEOPLE ON STREET AROUND FIRES (2 SHOTS) 0.45 3. GV: DAMAGED BUILDING 0.53 4. TRACK/MCU: INTERIOR DAMAGED BUILDING, PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS 2.03 5. GV/PAN: DEAD BODY ON SIDE OF ROAD, PEOPLE STANDING 2.18 6. MV: PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND DAMAGED BUILDING 2.38 7. GV: EMERGENCY VEHICLES 3.08 (U2) ANAKARA, TURKEY (MAY 1, 2003) (TV8 - ACCESS ALL) 8. MCU: SOUNDBITE (Turkish) PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER ZEKI ERGEZEN SAYING: "The number of dead is approximately 150. I have talked to the chief of staff in the Bingol Hospital, there are 11 dead, they are the ones taken from the centre, and three injured. At the Celtiksuyu boarding school, 230 students are under the ruins, the teacher that has been saved lost his life on the way to the hospital to Bingol. May God have mercy on him. There are 20 dead in Sancak district, but it is not a very reliable information. A commando union is on its way from Ankara. On the surrounding cities like Elazig, Mus and Bingol the governorships are on alert for any measures to be taken -- ambulances, tents and similar measures. I talked to the governors. The result - the situation is getting worse." 3.55 (W2) ERZUM, TURKEY (2 HRS FROM EPICENTRE) (MAY 1, 2003) (CHA - NO ACCESS TURKEY) 9. MCU: CHANDELIER SWINGING 4.14 10. GV: PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOUSE 4.17 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ERZUM, BINGOL AND ANKARA, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
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