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Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 66 people and injuring dozens more
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Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 66 people and injuring dozens more
Updated on: January 21, 2025 / 9:29 AM EST / CBS/AFP
Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes, and video showed bedsheets hanging from the windows. Media reports suggested some people had died after trying to jump to safety.
"Our pain is great," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the Kartalkaya resort, about 100 miles northwest of the capital Ankara. "Sixty-six citizens lost their lives and 51 others wounded." ... Other cabinet members also came to the scene of the disaster and said the blaze had been contained. The fire broke out at 3:27 am (7:27 p.m. Monday Eastern ) in the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel, which has wooden cladding, Yerlikaya said earlier on X.
An aerial view of the area as fire brigades respond to a fire in a hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya Ski Center, Jan. 21, 2025, in Bolu, Turkey.
Mehmet Emin Gurbuz/Anadolu/Getty
Local media reported at least 230 people were staying at the hotel, a peak time during a two-week school holiday. ... Turkish authorities detained four people, including the owner of the hotel, "as part of an investigation led by six prosecutors," Turkey's Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a post on social media. ... Private NTV broadcaster said the dead included three people who had jumped from the hotel's windows.
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Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 66 people and injuring dozens more
Updated on: January 21, 2025 / 9:29 AM EST / CBS/AFP
Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes, and video showed bedsheets hanging from the windows. Media reports suggested some people had died after trying to jump to safety.
"Our pain is great," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the Kartalkaya resort, about 100 miles northwest of the capital Ankara. "Sixty-six citizens lost their lives and 51 others wounded." ... Other cabinet members also came to the scene of the disaster and said the blaze had been contained. The fire broke out at 3:27 am (7:27 p.m. Monday Eastern ) in the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel, which has wooden cladding, Yerlikaya said earlier on X.
An aerial view of the area as fire brigades respond to a fire in a hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya Ski Center, Jan. 21, 2025, in Bolu, Turkey.
Mehmet Emin Gurbuz/Anadolu/Getty
Local media reported at least 230 people were staying at the hotel, a peak time during a two-week school holiday. ... Turkish authorities detained four people, including the owner of the hotel, "as part of an investigation led by six prosecutors," Turkey's Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a post on social media. ... Private NTV broadcaster said the dead included three people who had jumped from the hotel's windows.
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