Eleven people living in other apartments were poisoned by pesticide spraying on the first floor of an apartment building in Konya. The apartment has been evacuated.
The brink of disaster was avoided at an apartment building in Konya where pesticides were sprayed.
The incident happened at night at an apartment building in Gödene district, central Meram district. Residents of the building who smelled the medicine realized they were experiencing symptoms of poisoning. After being notified, medical, fire, AFAD and police teams were dispatched to the address. Eleven people with signs of poisoning were taken by ambulance to Konya City Hospital and treated, and the apartment was evacuated. It is known that the 11 people who were poisoned are all in good health.
It is known that pesticide spraying was carried out by a company in an apartment on the first floor.
Similar cases have been fatal before. The Böcek family of four, on vacation from Germany in November 2025, were poisoned in the hotel where they stayed in Istanbul. Servet and Çiğdem Böcek, who were treated, and their children Kadir Muhammet and Masal were killed. It was revealed that the poisoning of the insects was caused by insecticides used in the hotel.
Altay Toprak Kınalı, 1 year old, died of poisoning and 5 people were poisoned, 3 days after pesticides were sprayed at an apartment building in Konak district of Izmir on November 11, 2024.
