54-flat complex was evacuated

Residents of the neighborhood in Zonguldak are waiting for the necessary precautions to be taken for the retaining wall at the bottom of the building where 1 person died and 1 person was injured as a result of the collapse.

According to the news in AA, the crack in the retaining wall at the bottom of the 3-storey building that collapsed on October 21 in Meşrutiyet District Sütliyen Street in the central district grew with the pressure of the soil.

As a result of this, as slipping and cutting progressed in the risky area at the top, the residents of Gümüşevler Site, which consists of two blocks and 54 flats, were evacuated as a precaution on November 7. The evacuated building residents were placed in various guesthouses in the city and with their relatives.

Zonguldak Municipality teams took security measures by drawing a strip around the area where the building is located and did not allow the residents of the building to approach the area.

Building resident Hüseyin Sarıkaya told reporters that he has owned a flat in the evacuated site for 30 years and that they have never experienced anything like this before.

Arguing that these problems started to occur when the construction on the lower part of the buildings started, Sarıkaya said, "If the retaining wall there is going to be demolished as soon as possible, we want it to be demolished and a new one built, so that we can only stop this landslide. Otherwise, it will go up to the top. We cannot see the future, winter is ahead of us. We do not know what will happen. If necessary, we will take our belongings and rent it, rather than stay here in fear." he said.

Building resident Sedat Yılmaz stated that they were first told that life safety was important and that the teams helped them.

Stating that their buildings were solid, Yılmaz noted that they were evacuated because the buildings below collapsed.