Collapse death toll reaches 15

TURKISH emergency services yesterday recovered four more bodies from the rubble of an eight-storey building that crashed down in Istanbul, bringing the death toll to 15.

One man lost nine members of his extended family.

Earlier in the day, rescuers pulled a 16-year-old boy out alive from under the rubble two days after the collapse, raising the number of people who have been rescued to 14.

Friends and relatives waited near the wreckage for news of their missing loved ones as emergency teams, aided by sniffer dogs, worked around the clock to reach possible survivors.