An eight-storey apartment building in Istanbul collapsed on Wednesday leaving at least one person dead, Turkish media reported. Images from the incident in the Kartal district on the Asian side of Istanbul showed people escaping as the building crumbled around them. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse but prosecutors launched an investigation, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Istanbul governor, Ali Yerlikaya, said 43 residents were registered as living in the block, according to Anadolu. Authorities immediately placed a media blackout on the incident, a practice usually reserved for terror attacks.

Source: Punch February 06, 2019 17:03 UTC