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After the hotel fire…a residential building collapsed in central Türkiye and attempts were made to rescue two people
Officials said that rescuers were making every effort to reach two people trapped after a residential building collapsed in central Turkey on Saturday, after three others had already been rescued.
There were no reports of deaths.
The accident comes amid renewed debate about building safety in Turkey following the death of 78 people in a hotel fire last Tuesday.
There were no reports of deaths.
The accident comes amid renewed debate about building safety in Turkey following the death of 78 people in a hotel fire last Tuesday.
Searching for Syrians under the rubble
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that there were 79 people residing in the four-story residential building in the city of Konya, 260 kilometers south of the capital, Ankara.
Television images showed emergency workers searching a large pile of rubble on Saturday morning after the building collapsed on Friday evening.
The minister said that the two people trapped under the rubble were Syrian citizens, adding that the cause of the building’s collapse was not immediately known.
He explained to reporters: “If there is an error, negligence or any other matter, we will address it together.”
Hotel fire in Türkiye
The accident comes just three days after a fire broke out in a 12-storey hotel in a ski resort in northwestern Turkey, resulting in the death of 78 people.
The investigation into the accident is focusing on fire protection measures.
Questions have arisen again about the safety of buildings in Turkey, two weeks before the second anniversary of the earthquake that struck the south of the country and northern Syria, killing more than 59,000 people.
The high death toll is due in part to non-compliance with building safety laws and regulations.
A 12-storey apartment building collapsed in Konya in 2004, killing 92 people and injuring about 30 others.
The investigation into the accident is focusing on fire protection measures.
Questions have arisen again about the safety of buildings in Turkey, two weeks before the second anniversary of the earthquake that struck the south of the country and northern Syria, killing more than 59,000 people.
The high death toll is due in part to non-compliance with building safety laws and regulations.
A 12-storey apartment building collapsed in Konya in 2004, killing 92 people and injuring about 30 others.
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