The fire broke out at the restaurant of a hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya, northwestern Turkey, and authorities have so far confirmed the deaths of ten tourists
At least ten people have died following a fire at a hotel at a ski resort in Turkey.
Some 32 other tourists have been rushed to hospital with injuries following the blaze, which started in the restaurant of the hotel in Kartalkaya, northwestern Turkey.
Dramatic images show flames roar from the large building, which caters for skiiers and snowboarders during open seson from between around December 20 to March 20.
Tuekey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 30 fire trucks and 28 ambulances were sent to the site. There are 234 guests staying at the hotel at the moment, he added.
It is understood two of the victims died after jumping out of the building in a panic as the fire tore through the property overnight. The victims’s nationalities are yet to be confirmed.
Television footage shows the roof and top floors of the hotel on fire. The cause of the fire is not immediately known at this stage. Other hotels in the area have been evacuated as a precaution.
At least two people died after a fire ripped through accommodation in Courchevel in France in 2019. People there jumped from balconies or windows to escape the blaze, and some fled into the freezing cold wearing just their underwear after they were woken from their sleep.
Last week, a British skier died after a horror collision with a man on a black slope in France. The 65-year-old woman is believed to have been going down the steep slope on the Aiguille Rouge when she collided into the 35-year-old man, who was stood still at the time and suffered a broken leg, French news outlet Le Dauphine reports.
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