A partial building collapse in Istanbul traps at least 7 people, including a child – WTOP News
Rescue teams pulled five people from the rubble and were still searching for seven others, including a 6-year-old, officials said.
- A seven-story residential building in Istanbul's Maltepe district partially collapsed on Thursday morning, trapping at least seven people, including a 6-year-old, beneath the debris on the city's Asian side.
- Before dawn, the building's lower three floors caved in at 5:40 a.m. local time in the Cevizli neighborhood, causing upper levels to tilt. Authorities launched an investigation into the collapse, though the cause remains unknown.
- Istanbul Governor Davut Gul reported that rescue teams have successfully pulled nine people, including two children, from the rubble. Rescuers established contact with a 6-year-old trapped beneath the collapsed section but altered approach due to site instability.
- Authorities evacuated nearby buildings to ensure public safety as ongoing site instability forced specialized rescue units to proceed with extreme caution. The structural risk hampered efforts to reach those still trapped beneath the debris.
- Turkey is implementing a nationwide urban transformation program to replace aging, earthquake-risky structures; this incident underscores persistent challenges authorities face inspecting residential blocks across the country.
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A seven-story building in Istanbul partially collapsed today, with at least seven people trapped inside, including a six-year-old child, officials said.
A seven-story building has partially collapsed in Istanbul, prompting a major search and rescue operation to extract people believed to be trapped under the rubble. The incident occurred at around 05:40 local time in the Cevizli neighborhood of the Maltepe district. The first three floors of the building collapsed, while residents of the upper floors were safely evacuated. According to authorities, the building has a total of 12 apartments and a…
A seven-storey building in Istanbul collapsed partially on Thursday, and at least seven people, including a six-year-old child, were trapped under the rubble, the authorities announced. Article A seven-storey building collapsed on Thursday. Seven people are trapped under the rubble of VIDEO at the time of the collapse appears first on Romania TV.
A partial building collapse in Istanbul traps at least 7 people, including a child – WTOP News
ISTANBUL (AP) — A seven-story building in Istanbul partially collapsed on Thursday, trapping at least seven people inside, including a 6-year-old, officials said. The reason for the collapse was not immediately known and an investigation was underway. Rescue teams were working to reach those trapped even as there were warnings of a further collapse of...
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