A 5-year-old girl named Havva was rescued alive under the rubble of a 7-story building that collapsed Wednesday in Kartal district of Istanbul.

As a result of the rescue works, bodies of 3 people were removed lifelessly while 12 other people were rescued from the rubble as injured.

Ali Yerlikaya, Governor of Istanbul, announced before that the teams were in contact with a 5-year-old girl named Havva under rubble.

As a result of the work of AFAD and UMKE teams, after 19 hours, the 5-year-old girl named Adra Havva Tekgöz was rescued alive.

Little Havva, was sent to Kartal Training Research Hospital with an ambulance, while her health condition reportedly was not in danger.

ILKHA