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At a Glance Rescue workers responding to one avalanche were hit by a second slide.

The dead include firefighters, police and volunteers.

In all, 40 people were killed. Two avalanches in Eastern Turkey have killed at least 40 people, including several rescue workers who were searching for people buried under the first slide.

The first avalanche happened late Tuesday and buried a minibus as well as a snow-clearing vehicle, The Associated Press reported. Five people were killed and two were reported missing.

Rescuers searching the scene on Wednesday were hit by a second avalanche. Officials said dozens were killed in that avalanche, including rescuers. Forty-seven people that were injured remain in hospitals, including six in intensive care.

Emergency personnel were searching for at least one other person possibly still buried under the snow.

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The avalanches happened near the mountain town of Bahçesaray in Van province, on the border with Iran.

Some 300 emergency service workers responded to the first avalanche Tuesday. The second one swept over them at around noon Wednesday local time.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP20036436455524.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP20036436455524.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP20036436455524.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > Rescuers Work at Avalanche Site in Turkey Emergency service members dig in the snow around at least three overturned vehicles in Eastern Turkey on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Rescuers were hit by a second avalanche while on a mission to find two people missing in a previous snow slide that struck late Tuesday, burying a snow-clearing vehicle and a minibus. ( DHA via AP)

Gov. Mehmet Emin Bilmez said the dead included eight military police officers, three government-paid village guards, three firefighters and nine volunteers. About 30 rescuers who were either rescued or dug themselves out were hospitalized, Interior Ministry Suleyman Soylu said.

Six people in the minibus that was hit in the first avalanche survived, according to the AP. The driver of the snow-clearing vehicle was trapped under the snow before he broke a window and escaped. Photos from the scene showed at least three vehicles partially or totally buried.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/GettyImages-1198749045.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/GettyImages-1198749045.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/GettyImages-1198749045.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > 1 of 24 Security officers and villagers carry a victim of an avalanche near the town of Bahçesaray, in the eastern Turkey province of Van, on Feb. 5, 2020, as some dozens of rescue workers are missing after being hit by a second avalanche while on a mission to find two people missing in a previous snow-slide that struck late on Feb. 4. (DHA/DHA/AFP via Getty Images)

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