Nine Syrian refugees, including eight children, die in a fire at their home in Turkey

Nov. 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least nine Syrian refugees, including eight children, died late on Tuesday due to a fire in a building in the Turkish town of Yildirim, in the province of Bursa (northwest), as confirmed by the Turkish authorities.

The victims have been identified as a woman, her six children and two of her nephews, without the causes of the fire having been clarified for the time being, which affected the apartment in which they temporarily resided, as reported by the newspaper ‘Daily Sabah’.

The governor of Bursa, Alinur Aktas, has reported that the deceased children were between one and eleven years old and explained that “they were apparently asleep at the time of the fire, because it seems that they could not escape quickly and most were in their beds”.

The children’s father was injured by smoke inhalation while trying to rescue his family, according to Bursa Governor Yakup Canbolat. The apartment affected by the flames is located in a four-storey building inhabited mainly by Syrian refugees.