The firefighters were helping in the city of Hatay, which was affected by another earthquake on Monday
The firefighters spent 10 days in total in Turkey, assisting with operations in hundreds of buildings."Even in our occupation we don't see devastation like we saw there," he said."It was just a matter of trying to see through the debris and the carnage, and [see] what we could do."Mr Platts said the size of the area affected meant rescuers were inundated with requests for help."It was quite frantic for a start, getting some kind of idea of where the help was needed.
"We are Leicestershire through and through, to get the Leicestershire flag out there is really, really good," he said.Mr Palmer said he was "really proud" of the work he and his colleagues did in difficult circumstances."We were out there to save lives, [and] we managed to save eight lives as a team."
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