At least two people were killed and one was injured after rock fragments broke away from a fairy chimney and fell onto visitors near the Göreme Open Air Museum in Türkiye's Cappadocia region.

The incident occurred in Göreme, a town in Nevşehir province, where rock fragments detached from a fairy chimney following heavy rainfall and struck people in the area.

Police, gendarmerie, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) teams, and medical personnel were dispatched to the scene after emergency services were alerted.

Emergency teams confirmed that two people trapped beneath the fallen rocks had lost their lives.

One injured person was taken to a hospital in the city for treatment.

Authorities said response and assessment efforts were continuing at the scene as teams examined the affected area following the rockfall.(ILKHA)