INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkeys Bolu mountains eliminated 66 people on Tuesday and forced stressed guests to jump out of windows in
the middle of the night.Some 51 individuals were also injured, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said at the Kartalkaya ski resort in
northwest Turkey.The fire began around 3:30 a.m
(0030 GMT) on the dining establishment flooring of the 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel, authorities said.Several fire engines and ambulances
surrounded the charred, wood-fronted structure, with white bed sheets tied together and hanging from one upper-floor window where
individuals attempted to flee.Baris Salgur, a hotel guest, informed broadcaster NTV that individuals jumped from windows to escape,
consisting of 2 females on the leading flooring who urged those on the ground to prepared pillows
When the fire got close they leapt right away, he said.Another guest told Ekol TV that he and his household got up to the fire however did
not hear alarms, then entered smoke-filled passages and eventually jumped from a lower-floor window onto snow below.Yerlikaya said there
were 238 guests at the hotel lying at the base of several ski slopes
It was still smouldering in the afternoon.I wants to share this pain, which is impossible to explain, he stated in providing condolences.The
fire has now been extinguished
Cooling efforts are continuous
Since the back of the hotel is on a slope, fire snuffing out efforts could only be performed from the front and side facades.He included
that fire teams started fighting the blaze about 45 minutes after the first call.An examination was underway into the fire, which
accompanied school holidays when many households from nearby Istanbul and Ankara head to the Bolu mountains to ski.Source: Reuters--
