Turkey Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to 17

Turkey Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to 17

The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 17 as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident.

The eight-storey block within the Kartal district on the Asian aspect of town folded on weekday however the cause isn't nevertheless clear.

Erdogan Saturday visited the site and said the death toll had risen to 17 with 14 injured. The toll is up from a figure of 15 on Friday with 13 injured.

"We have a great number of lessons to learn from this," the president told reporters. "We will take the necessary measures".

Dozens of rescuers worked at the site, as a crane lifted huge blocks of concrete to clear the rubble to search for the remaining victims.