The death toll stands at 10 dead and 32 injured.
The fire at a hotel in a ski resort in northwestern Turkey left at least 10 dead and 32 injured on Tuesday, Turkish authorities announced, while guests who had to leave the burning establishment at middle of the night described scenes of panic.
The fire declared around 3:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) on the floor of the restauranthôtel Grand Kartal dans la station de ski de Kartalkaya in Bolu province, authorities said. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that the balance sheet amounted to 10 dead and 32 injuredwhile it had been reduced previously, adding that more than 250 rescuers had gone to the scene of the incident.
The causes of the fire still unknown
A hotel guest told the NTV television channel that he had seen people jumping out of windows to escape the flames. Another customer told Ekol TV that he and his family ended up jumping from a window on a lower floor.
-According to Bolu provincial governor Abdulaziz Aydin, 234 people were staying at the hotel, whose exterior is in disrepair. bois and which is located at the foot of several ski slopes. The fire was still burning shortly after noon local time.
The fire occurred at start of two weeks of school holidays throughout the country, during which time many families from the neighboring cities of Istanbul and Ankara used to go to the Bolu Mountains for skiing. Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire, authorities said.
