Four Scots firefighters have joined the rescue operation in Turkey following a horror earthquake as the total death toll nears 10,000.
The team from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will be assisting the search and rescue operations following two devastating earthquakes which rocked multiple area in the region on Monday. They will be providing specialist technical support and expertise where it is needed most.
The hero Scots who have arrived in Turkey are Watch Commander John Aitchison from the training centre in Portlethen, Crew Commander Steven Adams, of the MacAlpine Road Fire Station in Dundee, and firefighters Tony Armstrong and Keith Gauld from Aberdeen’s North Anderson Drive Fire Station.
