30 people would have lived in the five-story building. It collapsed in the middle of the night, possibly due to a water leak. That would have affected the structure.
Dozens of firefighters and local residents search the rubble for survivors. These images of the crash site appeared on YouTube:
Large parts of the city of Aleppo have been destroyed during the war. The city is again largely under the control of the Assad government. The area where the accident took place is in the hands of Kurdish troops.
