Workers rescue boy alive 36 hours after building collapse

Workers rescued a 15-year-old boy alive 36 hours after the collapse of an eight-storey apartment building that left five people dead in south-eastern Turkey, the governor’s office announced.

The workers evacuated Abdullah Koseer, 15, who was trapped on the ground floor of the building when it collapsed on Sunday afternoon in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir.

Ilhami Dogangun, local chief of the rescue workers in Diyarbakir, said Koseer was in good condition in hospital.

Rescue workers pulled out the bodies of three more people today raising the death toll to five, the governor’s office said.

Authorities had evacuated the building in November against risk of collapse due to poor construction but some people apparently returned.