• 101 hours after the earthquake, two teenage sisters were rescued from the rubble.
• Firefighters said that two adolescent sisters have been saved in Kahramanmaraş city.
• At least 78,124 were injured and more than 21000 people died in Turkey and Syria.

Firefighters said that two adolescent sisters have been saved in Kahramanmaraş city 101 hours after Turkey was struck by a powerful earthquake.

The Antalya Metropolitan Fire Department announced in a statement on Friday that Fatma, 13, was saved two hours after Ayfer, 15, was rescued from the wreckage in the 99th hour following the earthquake.

According to the statement, rescuers carried out a 10-hour rescue operation after employing seismic sensors to find signs of life under the rubble.

In an effort to keep Ayfer awake, the firefighters talked to her. They promised to fetch her some ice cream once she was outside securely after she mentioned how much she missed eating it.

Additionally, they played the music she wanted.

The firefighters made the roughly 800 km (500 mph) journey from Antalya to Kahramanmaraş to assist in the rescue operations.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake on early Monday jolted southern Turkiye and northwest Syria, killing people in their sleep, leveling buildings, and causing tremors felt as far away as Greenland, news agencies and Al Jazeera reported.

At least 78,124 were injured and more than 21000 people died in Turkey and Syria.

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