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At least 66 dead and 51 injured in hotel fire in popular ski area in Türkiye

At least 66 dead and 51 injured in hotel fire in popular ski area in Türkiye

At least 66 people have died and 51 have been injured this Tuesday in a fire in a hotel located in a popular ski area in the mountains of the province of Boluhalfway between Ankara and Istanbul.

The fire started around 03:30 local time (00:30 GMT) in a 12-story hotel, built of wood, at the ski center Kartalkaya, at an altitude of 2,200 meters. Due to the rapid spread of the flames, some guests were forced to flee the rooms by jumping out of the windows.

As reported by Türkiye’s Health Minister early in the afternoon, the fire has claimed the lives of 66 people and another 51 have been injured. The extinction work The efforts of the emergency teams to help the victims, with 30 fire vehicles and 28 ambulances, are still underway and so are the efforts of the emergency teams.

Fire in a building in Türkiye

The 161-room hotel had a occupancy close to 90%, because these days are the winter school holidays in Türkiye, says the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.

The wooden construction and the location of the hotel at the foot of a ski slope, which only allows vehicle access from the front façade, make it difficult for firefighters to intervene, the aforementioned newspaper adds.

According to the NTV channel, about 300 people, including employees, were in the hotel, and rescue teams fear that on the upper floors There may still be people trapped.

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