Rescue workers search for survivors at the building in the Kartal district. Photo: ReutersAt least two people have been killed and six wounded after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in Istanbul, the governor's office says. It was not immediately clear why the building, in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city, collapsed on Wednesday. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the site that 43 people were registered in 14 apartments at the address, but that the top three floors of the building had been built illegally. Roads leading to the building were blocked by vehicles and crowds.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 06, 2019 22:18 UTC