A fire broke out on the sixth floor of a nine-storey building on Nazım Hikmet Boulevard in Cumhuriyet Neighbourhood, Esenyurt. The Fire Departement was called at 17:29 and fire crews from Beylikdüzü, Avcılar and Esenyurt stations attended the incident. The firefighters, arriving at the scene soon, extinguished the blaze and rescued 20 people trapped on upper floors. While the fire resulted in damage to the dwelling, no one was dead.