3 Die, 2 Injured When House Collapses In Siirt

Three people died and two others were injured when a two-story house collapsed in a village in the southeastern province of Siirt on Sunday.

According to media reports, the house in Ekmekçiler village was made out of mud brick. The injured were rushed to Siirt State Hospital for treatment.

Teams from the Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) retrieved the bodies of the dead from the collapsed building.

Reports say five other members of the same family were in the house when it collapsed but escaped without injury. (TZ/Cihan)