20.02.2025 09:42
In a building with seven floors in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, residents panicked due to cracks that formed in an apartment on the second floor and reported the situation. After arriving at the scene, AFAD, UMKE, fire department, and police teams conducted an inspection and evacuated the 40-apartment building.
The incident occurred around 23:30 in a 7-story building on Bülbül Street in Küçükçekmece Kanarya Neighborhood. According to the information obtained, a crack occurred in the kitchen section of an apartment on the second floor of the 7-story building. The residents of the apartment, panicking, informed their neighbors. Upon this, the neighbors reported to the 112 Emergency Service. Following the report, police, fire brigade, AFAD, UMKE, health, and municipal teams were dispatched. After their examination at the scene, the teams evacuated the 40-apartment building. The police teams closed the street to vehicle and pedestrian traffic with tape.
Some of the evacuated citizens went to the homes of relatives and friends, while those with nowhere to go were placed in hotels by the Küçükçekmece Municipality.
KÜÇÜKÇEKMECE DISTRICT GOVERNOR SPOKE AT THE SCENE
Küçükçekmece District Governor Mustafa Anteplioğlu met with the citizens and made statements at the scene. Anteplioğlu said, "We received such a report around 23:30 in our district. As a precaution, AFAD, UMKE, and municipal teams came to inspect the building. A core sample had been taken from our building earlier, and we evacuated it as a precaution while waiting for the core result. After the technical report, decisions will be made accordingly. We wish our citizens a speedy recovery. There are 40 apartments, and it will be assessed based on the technical report result," he stated.
THE BUILDING IS 50 YEARS OLD
Speaking about the incident, one of the residents, Mevlüt Baykara, said, "Around 23:00, there was a noise, my neighbor called me and said there was an earthquake. The house is 50 years old. After that, panic started, and the police came. They evacuated everyone. Everyone is going to their relatives," he said.
Meanwhile, it was learned that a core sample was taken from the building a week before the incident.