Yerlikaya noted that search-and-rescue operations at the fire site had been completed. He also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and to the people of Türkiye. The minister stated that the bodies of 52 victims had been identified by their families.

At least 66 people have died and dozens of others were taken to hospital as a result of a fire that broke out in the early morning hours of January 21 at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Türkiye’s northwestern province of Bolu.

ISTANBUL: A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Türkiye on Tuesday (Jan 21), killing 10 people and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes,