5-year-old girl rescued from rubble of apartment collapse in Istanbul
- 5 years ago
A five-year-old girl has been rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Rescue workers are said to have found the girl 18 hours after the collapse, raising the number of survivors to 13.
The building, located in a residential district of Istanbul, had a total of 14 apartments with 43 people registered as residents.
While the death toll was initially put at two,... authorities said on Thursday that the number had jumped to ten,... after rescuers pulled out bodies from the rubble.
Local media say emergency teams are still looking for survivors, and the number of missing people has not been disclosed by authorities.
Rescue workers are said to have found the girl 18 hours after the collapse, raising the number of survivors to 13.
The building, located in a residential district of Istanbul, had a total of 14 apartments with 43 people registered as residents.
While the death toll was initially put at two,... authorities said on Thursday that the number had jumped to ten,... after rescuers pulled out bodies from the rubble.
Local media say emergency teams are still looking for survivors, and the number of missing people has not been disclosed by authorities.