Rescuers in Turkey pull girl alive from rubble four days after quake

Rescuers search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.

The girl was seen being taken into an ambulance, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of cheers and applause from rescue workers.