LONDON and ISTANBUL — A predawn fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Turkey killed at least 66, with another 51 injured, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.
“We are in deep pain,” Yerlikaya told reporters during a press conference. “We have unfortunately lost 66 lives in the fire that broke out at this hotel.”
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, Turkey, Jan. 21, 2025.
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The fire ignited after 3 a.m. on Tuesday at the Grand Kartal, a hotel at the resort in Northwestern Turkey.
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, Turkey, Jan. 21, 2025.
Mert Ozkan/Reuters
A city official told ABC News that after the fire broke in the middle of the night, around 3:27 am local time, most of the victims, including children, appeared to have lost life due to suffocation.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
ABC News’ Somayeh Malekian contributed to this report.
Source: abc news
