Turkish rescuers comb rubble for survivors

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Istanbul have been working through the night to search the rubble of a collapsed eight storey building.

At least, two people died and seven were injured but it is feared that others are trapped under the mound of debris in the city’s Kartal district.

The building was officially home to 43 people living in 4 flats and the cause of the disaster is still yet to be known.

According to the governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, the top three storeys’ of the building had been added illegally.