Emergency workers have rescued six people, and the local governor said they would continue to work into the night.
ISTANBUL — An eight-story apartment building collapsed in eastern Istanbul on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people, officials said.
The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, said that two people had died and that six had been rescued, the Demiroren News Agency reported, although recovery efforts were still underway.
There were 14 apartments in the building in the working-class district of Kartal, with a total of about 30 residents, Zeki Dag, an administrator in the Orhantepe neighborhood, told CNNTurk. Mr. Dag said relatives had told him that 15 people had been buried in the collapse, which happened at 4:42 p.m. local time.
There was no indication of what caused the collapse.
