18 die in Turkey building collapse

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Istanbul: The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 18, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident. The eight- storey block in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city collapsed on Wednesday but the cause is not yet clear. Erdogan said: "We have a great number of lessons to learn from this. We will take the necessary measures." Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, meanwhile, told reporters that the death toll had risen to 18 dead and 14 injured. Dozens of rescuers were working at the site, as a crane lifted huge blocks of concrete to clear the rubble to search for any remaining victims.