Authorities believe blaze started in restaurant and spread quickly in wood-clad building
PUBLISHED : 21 Jan 2025 at 19: 25
UPDATED : 21 Jan 2025 at 20: 01
The fire broke out inside a 12-storey hotel with wooden cladding at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu between Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo: AFP)
The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said.
Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes, footage showed bedsheets hanging from the windows, and media reports suggest some had died after trying to jump to safety.
Several ministers have arrived at the scene at the Kartalkaya resort around 170 kilometres northwest of the capital Ankara, and officials said the fire had now been contained.
“Our pain is great,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya t
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