Two die in rock spire collapse in Turkiye

ISTANBUL:

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall caused a rock spire to collapse in Turkey's Cappadocia tourist region on Thursday, killing two people near an open-air museum in the town of Goreme, Turkiye's justice minister and the local governor said.

A landslide triggered a rockfall in the town of Goreme near the open-air museum, Nevsehir Governor Huseyin Kok said. "According to initial findings, two people were killed and five others injured in the incident," Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on X. The nationalities of the dead were not immediately known.

"Search and rescue teams are continuing intensive, coordinated operations to locate any other victims," Gurlek said.