This footage shows the rescue of an 18-month-old baby girl who was left alone for almost 2 days buried in the rubble of a building destroyed in the Turkish earthquake.

The infant was found during rescue work in Hatay in the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake, and emergency officials told Newsflash the youngster had been pulled out alive 44 hours later.

According to officials, she is named Masal, which also means fairy tale, with many sharing the fact that the child escaped almost unharmed was a fairytale happy ending.

Hatay was badly hit in the 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes in Kahramanmaras, leaving many buildings destroyed.

Rescue efforts by teams from both domestic and abroad to the region continue with the search and rescue team, and the risk of the child in this video was carried out by the Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Firefighters, who went to the region from Muğla and successfully located the child in the rubble

It was learned that the 18-month-old baby girl was delivered to the medical teams immediately and was in surprisingly good health, given her ordeal.

Meanwhile, search and rescue efforts on the building and others in the region are continuing with the latest death toll indicating that more than 12,000 people have died as a result of the quake and over 60,000 were injured.

There are currently almost 25,000 Turkish emergency workers, including soldiers on the ground looking for survivors, and almost 6000 that are flown in specialist equipment and training from abroad.

An additional 5000 vehicles in the region include excavators, tractors, cranes, dozers, trucks, water trucks, trailers, graders and vacuum trucks.