Neighborhood East figures
The first three floors of a 7-story building on Doğu Street in Maltepe’s Cevizli Neighborhood collapsed for a reason that could not yet be determined. Firefighters, AFAD, UMKE, police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene following a report; those trapped on the upper floors that did not collapse were evacuated.
AFAD measurements
It was learned that the textile workshop on the ground floor was empty.
In the efforts, in which detection dogs were also used, 10 people, 2 of them children, were rescued from the rubble, and the body of one person was recovered. The fire department is participating in the efforts with 56 vehicles, 175 personnel and a K-9 dog, while AFAD is participating with 5 vehicles, 25 personnel and 2 K-9 dogs.
New steps
A firefighter who fainted was taken to the hospital. Roads leading to the street were closed to traffic, a security cordon was set up, and construction machinery was dispatched from neighboring municipalities. Teams are entering the building in a controlled manner due to the risk of the remaining floors collapsing.
AFAD schedule
Governor Davut Gül announced that the building, built in 1987, had 12 apartments and 33 registered residents, that 14 people were registered in the 4 damaged apartments, and that two of them were determined to be in their hometowns. Gül said that the injured were not in life-threatening condition, that those evacuated would stay at a hotel provided by AFAD, and that the cause of the collapse would be followed up judicially and administratively.