18 killed in house collapse in Istanbul - Erdogan announces consequences

The collapse of a residential building in Istanbul were injured on Wednesday several people, at least 18 people were killed. President Erdogan announces consequ

18 killed in house collapse in Istanbul - Erdogan announces consequences

The collapse of a residential building in Istanbul were injured on Wednesday several people, at least 18 people were killed. President Erdogan announces consequences.

Update from the 9. February, 19.33 PM: , After the momentous collapse of a residential building in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced consequences. "We have to learn a large number of lessons from it," Erdogan said on Saturday during a visit to the scene of the accident. "We will take the necessary measures."

interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said in front of journalists, the death toll had risen to 18. In addition, 14 people had been injured in the accident Wednesday. The scene of the accident in the district of Kartal on the Asian side of the Bosporus metropolis, dozens of emergency workers continued to work with the help of a crane to remove the debris and to search for possibly more victims.

Erdogan also visited some Survivors in hospital and attended the funeral of nine members of a family, who were all killed in the collapse of the eight storey residential building. According to the Turkish authorities, a total of 43 residents had been in the house reported.

multi-storey house in Istanbul, introduced a Little girl crash: still under the rubble

16.45: In Istanbul, came to the collapse of a residential building killed six people. There are three more Dead had been recovered, bringing the number of victims has risen to six, said the Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya on Thursday. In addition, 13 people were injured, three of them seriously. The eight-storey building in the district of Kartal on the Asian side of the Bosporus metropolis was the crash on Wednesday of as-yet-unknown reasons.

A five-year-old girl was, according to the official news Agency Anadolu, after 18 hours, alive from the rubble are recovered. The authorities ordered the evacuation on the grounds of several adjacent buildings. The rescue workers tried since Wednesday night with heavy equipment to remove the concrete slabs and other debris to get shed of the residents, whose voices were heard.

Update from the 7. February, 9.14 PM:

The collapse of a multi-storey residential building in Istanbul at least three people have been killed. The state-run Anadolu news Agency reported on Thursday. Twelve of the Burials had been saved.

Among those who are still buried under the debris, was a small girl named Hava. She was alive and talking to the rescue workers.

Update to 21.33 at: The collapse of a multi-storey residential building in Istanbul, were killed on Wednesday at least two people. Six were rescued till late in the evening, as the government reported close to the media. After a further Burials will also be searched for in the darkness a fever. In the case of CNN Türk, stated that the first evidence that 15 people could be buried under the rubble.

multi-storey house in Istanbul collapsed three floors built illegally

Istanbul - To-death victims, it was in the afternoon, first of all, no information. The channel CNN Türk reported that a man had been saved. The channel NTV reported that a man had been killed. The first evidence that 15 people could be buried under the rubble. In the house 43 residents had been registered. How many were at the time of the collapse at home, is still unclear.

To the number of floors of the residential house there in the early evening (local time) is still conflicting information. The news Agency DHA said six storeys, CNN Türk seven plus basement, at times, the speech was also of eight floors.

Istanbul house: Three floors were illegally

the Governor of The province of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, built said in front of television cameras, three floors had been illegally built. In the house have been a "textile Atelier", had no permit for the operation there. He does not know - he asked for patience and prayers. He warned, moreover, rest at the scene of the accident, so rescuers calls for help from Victim to hear.

+ In Istanbul is crashing a multi-storey house.©dpa

television images showed, as dozens of helpers climbed on the huge piles of rubble around. The house in the district of Kartal on the Asian side of the Turkish metropolis had fallen together in the afternoon. What had caused the collapse, remained unclear.

It's not the first Time in Istanbul, a house will collapse.

dpa

Date Of Update: 10 February 2019, 00:01
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