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At least 66 killed in hotel fire at Turkish ski resort
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This handout photograph released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on January 21, 2025, shows a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu's Kartalkaya ski resort. (Photo by DHA / AFP)
A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains kills 66 people and forced panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.
Some 51 people were injured, Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu says at the Kartalkaya ski resort in northwest Turkey.
The blaze began around 3:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) on the restaurant floor of the 11-story Grand Kartal Hotel, authorities said earlier.
Several fire engines surrounded the charred building, with white bed sheets tied together and dangling from one upper-floor window where guests attempted to flee.
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