There were ten dead and thirty injured in an overnight fire at a hotel in Kartalkaya, Turkey, according to the country’s interior minister.
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Nearly 270 firefighters and rescuers were still mobilized Tuesday morning to bring the fire under control.Keystone
Ten people died and more than 30 people were injured in a fire that broke out overnight at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in central Turkey, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.
“Today at 3:27 a.m. a fire was reported in a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski center,” “unfortunately, the number of deaths increased to ten and the number of injured to thirty-two,” the minister announced on x.
Nearly 270 firefighters and rescuers were still working Tuesday morning to bring the fire under control, the minister said. The fire, which broke out on the upper floors of the hotel for a still unknown reason, quickly spread due to the wooden cladding of the building, Turkish media reported.
Hotel employees helped evacuate guests of whom 237 were staying at the time of the fire, according to private Turkish channel NTV. (jah/ats)
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