A building in the area of Malatia collapsed Turkey, with at least 10 people trapped in the wreckage with the images from the spot being shocking.
Early reports say 13 people have been rescued from the wreckage and taken to hospital.
“Search and rescue operations are continuing,” Turkish Presidency Communications Officer Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter.
Two injured are in serious condition, NTV clarified.
Malatya is a city of 450,000 inhabitants located 500 km east of the capital, Ankara.
The building, located on a busy Malatya street, housed several shops, including a restaurant and a cafeteria, according to Enver Kiraz, president of the local branch of the opposition CHP, who spoke to AFP.
“It is a busy road, passers-by have been injured,” he explained.
The reasons for the collapse are unknown
The reasons for the collapse of the building have not been made known yet, however, according to Kiraz and local media, work was being done on the building.
Footage broadcast live from the scene shows a building turned into a pile of concrete and metal and rescuers, with the help of an excavator, trying to free people as night fell.
An eyewitness told Haberturk that he heard “first a creak and then the building collapsed into a cloud of dust. We thought it was time for a crisis. “
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