ISTANBUL, Aug 11 (AFP) - Three children from the same family drowned on Tuesday when their basement apartment flooded during heavy rains, the Turkish media reported Wednesday.
A 15-year-old girl and two brothers, aged three years and four months, were trapped by barred windows when a retaining wall gave out, releasing a torrent of rainwater into the apartment. The children drowned within minutes, according to the news reports.
Firemen were able to save the mother and two other children by cutting through the bars blocking the windows.