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The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Local media suggested that the wooden cladding on the hotel’s exterior may have accelerated the spread of the fire,\u00a0Euronews reports.<\/p>\n
A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey has killed at least 66 people and injured 51, Turkey\u2019s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in deep pain. We have unfortunately lost 66 lives in the fire that broke out at this hotel,\u201d Yerlikaya told reporters after inspecting the site.<\/p>\n
At least one of the injured was in serious condition, according to Health Minister Kemal Memi\u015fo\u011flu.<\/p>\n
Yerlikaya said earlier on Tuesday the blaze broke out overnight in the hotel’s restaurant in Kartalkaya, in the country’s northwest.<\/p>\n
The governor of Bolu province, where the resort is located, told state-run news agency Anadolu that two of the victims died after jumping out of the building in panic.<\/p>\n
According to Bolu Governor Abdulaziz Ayd\u0131n, the hotel had 234 guests at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n
Private television NTV reported that some people tried to climb down from their rooms using sheets. Television images showed the roof and top floors of the hotel on fire.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. NTV suggested that the wooden cladding on the hotel’s exterior may have accelerated the spread of the fire.<\/p>\n
Kartalkaya is a popular ski resort in the K\u00f6ro\u011flu mountains, some 300 kilometres east of Istanbul. The blaze occurred during the school winter break when hotels in the region are packed.<\/p>\n
The governor’s office said 30 fire trucks and 28 ambulances were sent to the site.<\/p>\n
Other hotels at the resort were evacuated as a precaution.<\/p>\n
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