The fire, which tore through the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel, in Kartalkaya, in northwestern Bolu province early Tuesday, trapped many of the registered 238 guests inside, leaving 78 people dead and dozens of others injured. It struck at the start of a two-week winter break for schools, and 36 of the victims were children, local media reports said.

The fire coincided with school holidays when many families from nearby Istanbul and Ankara head to the Bolu mountains to ski.

Kartalkaya, Turkey — As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin stood helpless as the horror unfolded before them, with people leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help and others making the harrowing decision to jump.

Turkey has detained 11 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Wednesday. A deputy mayor of the northwestern Bolu province,

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A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey's Bolu mountains killed 76 people and injured 51 others on Tuesday, forcing panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.

Among the detainees are Bolu municipality's deputy mayor responsible for the fire department, the fire chief, and the owner and the manager of the hotel.

Turkish authorities have ramped up investigations and detentions of opposition figures, with three such actions on Monday alone, raising concerns about a widening crackdown on dissent against the government.

Wisma Putra says it is closely monitoring the aftermath of the incident through its embassy in Ankara and consulate general in Istanbul.

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Turkey has detained nine people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, authorities said. Several funerals were held on Wednesday for families,

Officials say rescuers are battling to reach two people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey