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| Hunt for Turkey collapse victims | Hunt for Turkey collapse victims |
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| Rescuers at the site of a multi-storey building that collapsed in Istanbul are still checking that no one else is trapped beneath the rubble. | |
| Earlier a man in his thirties was pulled out from the wreckage, injured but otherwise in good health. | |
| Many residents had evacuated from the building after they heard cracking sounds, but it is not known how many people were inside when it collapsed. | |
| TV footage showed men and women weeping amid the remnants of the building. | |
| "We don't think there is anyone else left under the rubble but we are still trying to make sure, Can Avci, who led the rescue operation, told the Anatolia news agency. | |
| The collapse occurred in the residential district of Sirinevler. | |
| Poor construction | Poor construction |
| Istanbul governor Muammer Guler said most people had been evacuated from the building. | |
| "Most of the people left the building when they heard cracking sounds, but a few people re-entered to get their things," Mr Guler told TV reporters. | "Most of the people left the building when they heard cracking sounds, but a few people re-entered to get their things," Mr Guler told TV reporters. |
| Istanbul's mayor, Kadir Topbas, told the Associated Press news agency the building collapsed when workers were trying to demolish an adjacent building. | Istanbul's mayor, Kadir Topbas, told the Associated Press news agency the building collapsed when workers were trying to demolish an adjacent building. |
| An eyewitness, 55-year-old Vesile Vural, described how she saw the building collapse from her apartment across the street. | An eyewitness, 55-year-old Vesile Vural, described how she saw the building collapse from her apartment across the street. |
| "There were construction workers working on a new building next door, we were watching that," she said. | "There were construction workers working on a new building next door, we were watching that," she said. |
| "Then the other building collapsed all of a sudden. In a second, everything was under a cloud of dust." | "Then the other building collapsed all of a sudden. In a second, everything was under a cloud of dust." |
| In February this year one woman died when a building collapsed in Istanbul. | In February this year one woman died when a building collapsed in Istanbul. |
| Poor construction has been blamed for other building collapses in Turkey in the past. | Poor construction has been blamed for other building collapses in Turkey in the past. |
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