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Engineers, search dogs sent to Turkey, Syria after quake

Qatari Red Crescent employees pass by supplies of assistance package to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

A forklift driver loads assistance packages to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers loading a truck before heading to the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers lining up before boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

South Korean rescue team members prepare to board a plane for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Qatari Red Crescent employees prepare assistance packages to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

People sort and pack relief supplies in a packed room at a collection point of the Turkish community in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Hundreds of members of Berlin's Turkish community flocked to a music school in the German capital to donate essential humanitarian supplies after the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People make a human chain to stack boxes filled with relief supplies at a collection point of the Turkish community in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Hundreds of members of Berlin's Turkish community flocked to a music school in the German capital to donate essential humanitarian supplies after southern Turkey and northern Syria were hit by double earthquakes on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

South Korean army soldiers arrive to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean rescue team members arrive to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Rescuers from Bosnia's mountain rescue services prepare food packages prior to their departure from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Team of 25 men and women left from Sarajevo to Turkey after devastating earthquake with more than 6000 casualties. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Turkish Red Crescent staffs prepare to offload supplies of assistance packages brought by Qatar Emiri Air Force, in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023. Search teams and international aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers lining up before boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

South Korean rescue team members prepare to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Qatari rescue and military personnel arrive at the Gaziantep Airport by Qatar Emiri AirForce as they brought supplies of assistance package to be sent for earthquake hit areas, in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023. Search teams and international aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Rescuers from Bosnia's mountain rescue services prepare food packages prior to their departure from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Team of 25 men and women left from Sarajevo to Turkey after devastating earthquake with more than 6000 casualties. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Qatari Red Crescent employees pass by supplies of assistance package to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

A forklift driver loads assistance packages to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers loading a truck before heading to the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers lining up before boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

South Korean rescue team members prepare to board a plane for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Qatari Red Crescent employees prepare assistance packages to be sent for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, at Al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

People sort and pack relief supplies in a packed room at a collection point of the Turkish community in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Hundreds of members of Berlin's Turkish community flocked to a music school in the German capital to donate essential humanitarian supplies after the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People make a human chain to stack boxes filled with relief supplies at a collection point of the Turkish community in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Hundreds of members of Berlin's Turkish community flocked to a music school in the German capital to donate essential humanitarian supplies after southern Turkey and northern Syria were hit by double earthquakes on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

South Korean army soldiers arrive to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean rescue team members arrive to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Rescuers from Bosnia's mountain rescue services prepare food packages prior to their departure from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Team of 25 men and women left from Sarajevo to Turkey after devastating earthquake with more than 6000 casualties. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Turkish Red Crescent staffs prepare to offload supplies of assistance packages brought by Qatar Emiri Air Force, in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023. Search teams and international aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

This photo provided Tuesday Feb.7, 2023 by the French Interior Ministry shows rescue workers lining up before boarding a bus for the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Monday, Feb.6, 2023 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, central France. Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday's earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin. (Ministere de l'Interieur via AP)

South Korean rescue team members prepare to board a plane to leave for quake-ravaged Turkey at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Qatari rescue and military personnel arrive at the Gaziantep Airport by Qatar Emiri AirForce as they brought supplies of assistance package to be sent for earthquake hit areas, in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023. Search teams and international aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Rescuers from Bosnia's mountain rescue services prepare food packages prior to their departure from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Team of 25 men and women left from Sarajevo to Turkey after devastating earthquake with more than 6000 casualties. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan Air Force crew load supplies of assistance package for earthquake hit areas of Turkey, into a plane at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP)

Swiss experts and rescuers with service dogs prepare to fly to the earthquake-hit Turkey, at Zurich Airport, Switzerland, Monday Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

Relief supplies for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria stand packed on Turmstrasse in Moabit, Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Members of the Turkish community in Berlin collected tons of relief supplies within a few hours. The police closed Turmstrsse so that the volunteers could load numerous trucks. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Relief supplies for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria are loaded into trucks on Turmstrasse in Moabit, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands who were left homeless in Turkey and Syria faced a night in the cold. Members of the Turkish community in Berlin collected tons of relief supplies within a few hours. Police closed Turmstrasse so that the volunteers could load numerous trucks. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan Army's Urban Search and Rescue team members board a plane for the departure to Turkey to help rescue operation in earthquake hit areas, at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Inter Services Public Relations vis AP)

Members of urban search and rescue (USAR) team of Czech firefighters propares to fly to the earthquake-hit Turkey to help search for people in debris, at Leos Janacek Airport, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Jaroslav Ozana/CTK via AP)

Rescue dog Hope waits for departure at Cologne/Bonn Airport, in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. To help the victims of the severe earthquakes in Turkey, rescue workers from ISAR Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia headed to the crisis areas. Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after an earthquake killed and injured thousands of people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Greek firefighters with dogs wait to board a military plane at Elefsina Air Force Base, in western Athens, Greece, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Greece announced it is sending a team of 21 rescuers, two rescue dogs and a special rescue vehicle, together with a structural engineer, five doctors and seismic planning experts, all traveling in a military transport plane. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Spanish firefighters prepare their equipment at Barajas international airport to help with a rescue mission in Turkey before boarding a flight in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Soldiers from Lebanon's Engineering Regiment arrive at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, as they head to Turkey to assist in the rescue efforts, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria overnight, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing and injuring thousands of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Engineers, search dogs sent to Turkey, Syria after quake