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Death toll reaches 26 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

by Mehmet GuzelSuzan Fraser
| October 30, 2020 11:06 PM

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocs and debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people. More than 800 others were injured.

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