Ankara: At least five people were feared trapped inside debris after a four-storey building collapsed in the city of Konya in central Turkey on Friday. A search and rescue operation is currently ongoing at the spot.
Rescue teams retrieved the body of the 23-year-old from the building in Konya, 160 miles south of the capital Ankara.
The collapse comes amid renewed focus on building safety following the deaths of 78 people in a fire that ripped through a 12-storey hotel.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Saturday that 79 people were registered as living in the four-story apartment block in the city of Konya ... south of the capital Ankara.
A three-story building collapsed Friday in the central Konya province of Türkiye, triggering an extensive search and rescue operation.
A four-storey building collapsed in Konya, Turkiye, trapping at least five people, with emergency teams racing against time to rescue them. Two individuals have been rescued with injuries. The situation echoes previous incidents in Turkiye due to structural issues.
A three-story building collapsed Friday in the central Konya province of Turkiye, triggering an extensive search and rescue operation, Azern
A search and rescue operation was underway in central Turkey on Friday after a four-story building collapsed, trapping at least five people inside, officials said. The cause of the collapse in the city of Konya,
ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey on Saturday, state-run media said. Three other people were rescued from the wreckage and were being treated in a hospital, Anadolu Agency reported.
Officials say rescuers are battling to reach two people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey.
A three-storey building collapsed on Friday in the central Konya province of Turkiye, triggering an extensive search and rescue operation, Anadolu Agency reported.
A three-story building collapsed Friday in the central Konya province of Türkiye, triggering an extensive search and rescue operation.