At least two people were killed and seven were injured after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in İstanbul on Wednesday, the İstanbul Governor’s Office said.
It was not immediately clear why the building, in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city, had collapsed.
One of the injured is in critical condition.
İstanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the scene that 43 people were registered in 14 apartments at the address but that the top three floors of the building had been built illegally.
Yerlikaya also said there was a textile workshop on the ground floor that was operating without a license.
The chairman of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said search and rescue operations were underway. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent the interior and environment ministers to the scene, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.
Emergency teams pulled at least three people out alive as crowds surrounded the site. Roads leading to the building were blocked by vehicles and onlookers.
In the meantime, an investigation has been launched into the incident while an İstanbul court has imposed a broadcasting ban on media outlets preventing them from covering developments related to the tragedy.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/02/07/at-least-2-killed-7-injured-in-istanbul-building-collapse/
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