UPDATES WITH REMARKS OF ISTANBUL GOVERNOR AND BACKGROUND
By Cemal Coskun
ISTANBUL (AA) – The death toll from a building collapse in Istanbul has climbed to six after three more bodies were recovered, the governor said on Thursday.
Ali Yerlikaya added that 13 people have been injured so far.
“We have reached three bodies and dispatched them to a hospital. So the death toll has risen to six. We have launched efforts to identify these three citizens of ours, ” Yerlikaya said.
He added that Azra Havva Tekgoz, the 5-year-old girl rescued early in the morning, underwent a successful surgery.
A seven-story building in Kartal district collapsed on Wednesday with some 30 residents inside.
Rescue teams are responding to voices from the debris and continuing efforts to reach the survivors.
