16 killed after building collapses in Syria's Aleppo-Xinhua

16 killed after building collapses in Syria's Aleppo

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-01-23 04:41:15

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers searching the rubble for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Aleppo city, Syria, Jan. 22, 2023.

A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded on Sunday when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported.

The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed due to a water leakage affecting its basis. (Str/Xinhua)

DAMASCUS, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded on Sunday when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported.

The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed due to a water leakage affecting its basis.

Rescuers are still working on finding survivors, according to SANA.

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers searching the rubble for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Aleppo city, Syria, Jan. 22, 2023.

A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded on Sunday when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported.

The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed due to a water leakage affecting its basis. (Str/Xinhua)

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers searching the rubble for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Aleppo city, Syria, Jan. 22, 2023.

A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded on Sunday when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported.

The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed due to a water leakage affecting its basis. (Str/Xinhua)