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| Dozens feared trapped after apartment block collapses in Istanbul (WATCH LIVE) | |
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| Dozens of people are feared trapped under the rubble of an apartment block in Istanbul, Turkey. At least one person has died while one of those injured has been rescued. | Dozens of people are feared trapped under the rubble of an apartment block in Istanbul, Turkey. At least one person has died while one of those injured has been rescued. |
| Emergency services were called to the scene of the collapse of the 7-storey building in the city’s Kartal district after 16:00 local time. Eyewitnesses told local news station NTV that people were still trapped under the debris. | Emergency services were called to the scene of the collapse of the 7-storey building in the city’s Kartal district after 16:00 local time. Eyewitnesses told local news station NTV that people were still trapped under the debris. |
| At least one fatality has been recorded, while one of at least four people known to be trapped has been rescued. | |
| Footage from the scene shows rescue workers frantically trying to clear the rubble to reach potential survivors. Tiles, concrete blocks and wooden beams can been seen tossed across the street. | |
| Local official Zeki Dag told media that more than a dozen families were living in the block’s 24 apartments, and a further 15-20 employees worked in a textile factory located in the building's basement. | |
| Terrifying CCTV footage appears to have captured the moment of the collapse. It shows at least a dozen passers by running for their lives as the building crashes down in a pillar of smoke. | |
| Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya said that a license to build a five-story block was granted in 1992, however, three further stories have been added illegally since then. He added that the basement factory was also operating without a business license. | |
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