Firefighters from Wales describe 'incredible' devastation following earthquake
Experts have been deployed to Turkey to help with the rescue effort
Firefighters from Wales have been describing the 'heartbreaking' scenes witnessed in Turkey after being deployed to the country following a deadly earthquake.
A team of 77 UK International Search and Rescue experts have been working at four different sites in the country.
The team includes five members from South Wales Fire and Rescue and Mid Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
Father of two, Steve Davies, 51, from Gower, Swansea, who has worked in a number of disaster areas, said it is one of the most "horrific" he has seen.
Mr Davies said: "I've got two daughters and you can't help putting yourself in the position the earthquake survivors are in, desperately hoping to find family.
"It is heartbreaking. It has been tough.
"Everybody is saying how totally horrific this one is and how widespread the impact is.
"That's the hardest part as a rescuer - having to walk past sites where people are begging you to try and go in and look for their family but we know our dogs have been over and there's no chance of us saving a life.
"We've got to try and save as many people as we can because time is so precious."
The deputy team leader, who works for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said the team worked for three days straight after touching down in the city of Gaziantep on Tuesday.
They have since been working in the town of Antakya in Hatay Province, using specialist search equipment including seismic listening devices, concrete cutting and breaking equipment, and propping and shoring tools.
"We've pulled a few dead bodies out but our focus is live casualties," Mr Davies said.
"We've just had another live hit on our work site, so hopefully that's potentially two more casualties we will pull out.
"We believe one of them is a male police officer and we think he's got a female member of his family stuck in there with him as well.
"We're desperately trying to get them out but it's going to be a protracted and long one that will involve rotating teams right through the night trying to dig down to get to them."
In a video posted online, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service Crew Manager, Emma Atcherley, who is normally based at Cardiff Central Station, described the devastation in the country as 'incredible.'
She added: "There's a lot of work to be done. The locals are working tirelessly and we're going to keep working. We'll be out again tomorrow and hopefully we can make a difference and get a few more rescues in. But it's scenes that I've never seen before. There are a lot of very sad, very desperate people, and a lot of devastation here."
An appeal to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has raised more than £30 million in just 24 hours.
Donations from the King and Queen Consort, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, have helped the Disasters Emergency Committee's (DEC) fund soar to £32.9 million, including £5 million from the UK Government in matched funding.
International development minister Andrew Mitchell said: "It is thanks to the generosity and compassion of the British people that the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal has reached within a matter of hours the extraordinary total of £32.9 million, which includes £5 million of match funding from the British taxpayer.
"This would not have been possible without the kindness and support of the British people. Thank you."