Death toll in Turkey's Kartalkaya ski resort fire rises to 66

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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.

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00:00More than 60 people have died and over 50 were injured after a fire broke out at a ski

00:08resort in Turkey's Bolu province.

00:12The blaze started on the restaurant floor of the 12-story resort before it quickly spread

00:16throughout the building.

00:19The cause of the fire is under investigation, but local media suggested that the wooden

00:23cladding on the exterior of the hotel may have accelerated the spread of the fire.

00:29They added that the hotel is on the side of a cliff, hampering efforts to combat the

00:33flames.

00:36Two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic, according to Bolu's

00:40governor.

00:42The fire occurred during the school semester break when many skiers from Istanbul and Ankara

00:47head to the Bolu mountains.

00:50Other hotels at the resort were evacuated as a precaution and guests were placed in

00:54hotels around Bolu.

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