It was informed that two people had been trapped in the facade freight lift on the 13th floor of a forty-storey building on Menderes Street in Soğanlık Yenimahalle Neighbourhood, Kartal. The Fire Department was called at 19:18 and firefighters from Maltepe, Yakacık and Kadıköy stations attended the incident. The crews, arriving at the scene soon, rescued two people from where they had been trapped. Then they were taken to hospital by paramedics.