Northern Ireland rescue dog Delta and her handler Kyle Murray, have helped find a woman trapped in the rubble of the Turkish earthquake eight days after she was buried alive.
The 42-year-old woman was then helped to safety by excavation teams, and was taken directly for emergency medical assessment and care.
Ryan Gray of K9 Search and Rescue NI said: "We have just received an update that a 42-year-old female has been rescued alive from under the rubble.
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"We have the video of Search Dog Delta indicting that a person was alive below the rubble. Search Dog Max and Search Dog Ghost from SAR Team also indicated.
"We are waiting for news on the other five people, including two children and we will update you when we know more.
"Everything we do if funding by donations and if you can donate every penny, it helps."
On February 15, K9 Search and Rescue NI were called to a site where it was believed people may still be alive.
Ryan explained: "Three Search and Rescue Dogs were put to to work. Two from our team and one from SAR Team. All three dogs alerted people to be under the rubble. Digging continued and the dogs were brought back in as rubble was removed, to continue narrowing down the area.
"A Chinese Search and Rescue team arrived onsite with a state of the art device that detects heart beats, under rubble. That machine confirmed a heart beat, a distance and direction.
"Colleagues from Serve On and Evolsar assisted in breaking and breaching the concrete to gain access to those trapped.
"On Wednesday we had to leave the site at 4.30pm local time, however we have just received word that work is underway to rescue six people including a two-year-old boy and his sister aged three."
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