Two Dead in Rock Spire Collapse at Tourist Site in Turkey's Cappadocia
Rescue teams searched through the night after the collapse, and officials said heavy rain likely triggered the landslide that brought down the volcanic formation.
- A volcanic rock formation collapsed at the Göreme Open Air Museum in Cappadocia, Turkey, on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring one, an official said.
- Governor Huseyin Kok stated that recent heavy rains likely caused the collapse, which occurred on the Republic Day holiday when the area was crowded with visitors.
- This UNESCO World Heritage-listed site is one of Turkey's most visited tourism locations, known for its distinctive "fairy chimneys" rock formations and ancient underground cities.
- Ambulances and rescue teams deployed to the area are conducting search and rescue operations, looking for other people who may remain trapped under the debris.
- There is no immediate information on the nationalities of those killed, as rescue teams continue searching at the popular tourism destination in central Turkey.
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The bodies of three people, including two Turkish, were found on Thursday 29 October under the stones of a stone column on a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Quai d'Orsay did not give details about the French victim.
At least three people lost their lives on Thursday in the fall of a stone column in the valley of fairy chimneys, in Cappadocia.
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"We are in constant contact with his family, to whom we extend our condolences," said the Quai d'Orsay.
Three dead, after heavy rain caused a landslide in the historic cave churches of Cappadocia.
The heavy rains caused the detachment of rocks from a fire of fairies near the open-air museum of Göreme: two people died and five were injured. These spectacular natural towers, born from the erosion of ancient volcanic deposits, owe their name to the unreal forms and cavities dug into the rock, which according to popular legends seemed to be houses built or inhabited by fairies. Rescue teams continue to search among the rubble.
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