Countries quick to send help to Beirut after huge blast

Medical materials and trained Polish rescuers. Poland’s State Fire Service will send 39 rescuers and four dogs. The flight is ready to leave as soon as Wednesday, once it gets approval from Lebanese authorities, the prime minister’s office said.The country dispatched the first of four planned flights on Wednesday with medical aid, and will deliver two field hospitals of 500 beds each, equipped with respirators and other necessary medical supplies.

Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation is helping in the search for survivors, digging through debris to look for people and recover bodies. The group has also mobilised a kitchen at a Palestinian refugee camp to deliver food to those in need, said Mustafa Ozbek, an Istanbul-based IHH official.Activating a programme that helps countries after natural disasters. More than 100 firefighters are being deployed with vehicles, dogs and equipment for search-and-rescue operations.

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