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Ten dead in fire at ski resort
A large fire broke out in a hotel in a ski resort in central Turkey, killing at least ten people and injuring thirty.
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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 03:27 (01:27 Swiss time), a fire was reported in a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski center. (…) Unfortunately, the number of deaths has risen to ten and the number of injured to thirty-two,” the minister announced on X.
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-267 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.
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