Image zoom Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Thirty-three emergency workers trying to help victims of an avalanche in Turkey were killed on Wednesday after a second avalanche hit, burying them beneath snow, according to multiple reports. In addition to the 33 dead, 53 people were injured after the avalanche “slammed into a mountain road” in the eastern Van province, which is on the border of Iran, around noon local time, the Associated Press reported. The victims include military police officers, government-paid village guards, firefighters and volunteers, Van Gov. Mehmet Emin Bilmez said, according to the BBC. Approximately 30 of those injured were either “pulled out of the heap of snow or escaped themselves and were hospitalized Wednesday,” the AP reported. Image zoom Avalanche in Turkey Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty The initial avalanche on Tuesday killed five people, according to Reuters, and left two people missing, … [Read more...] about 33 Workers Looking to Rescue Avalanche Victims in Turkey Killed in Second Avalanche