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- At least 76 people killed and 51 others injured in a fire at the resort in Türkiye’s Bolu mountains.
- Guests panicked, with some jumping out of windows or off the roof to escape the blaze.
- Authorities have launched an investigation into the fire, which coincided with the peak skiing season.
He said some 51 people were also injured.
‘Some tried to jump’
“People on the upper floors were screaming. They threw bedsheets out of the windows, some tried to jump,” Atakan Yelkovan, who escaped from the third floor with his wife, told IHA news agency.
Fire crews worked through the night to extinguish the blaze. Source: Getty / dia images
A very shaken hotel employee, who did not give his name, said he saw guests at their windows screaming for help.
Several fire engines and ambulances surrounded the charred, wood-fronted building, with white bed sheets tied together and dangling from one upper-floor window where people tried to flee.
‘Impossible to describe’
“The fire has now been extinguished. Cooling efforts are ongoing. Since the back of the hotel is on a slope, fire extinguishing efforts could only be carried out from the front and side facades.”
An investigation was underway into the fire, which coincided with school holidays when many families from nearby Istanbul and Ankara head to the Bolu mountains to ski.
