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  • 1/22/2025
The death toll from a ski resort hotel fire in Turkey's Bolu Mountains on Tuesday (Jan 21) rose to 76, with dozens injured.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 238 guests were staying at the hotel, located at the base of several ski slopes.

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00:00The death toll from a ski resort hotel fire in Turkey's Bolu Mountains on Tuesday rose
00:07to 76 with dozens injured.
00:10Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yelikaya reported that 238 guests were staying at the hotel,
00:16located at the base of several ski slopes.
00:20He said the fire, which smoldered until the afternoon, has been extinguished and search
00:25efforts at the hotel have concluded.
00:28In Bolu, where the identities of the health directorate were identified, 52 families
00:41were identified with their families and so far, the salaries of our citizens who have
00:50passed away 45 have been delivered to their families.
00:58We have not been able to carry out identity identification studies on the others.
01:03Identity identification studies and DNA identification studies are being carried out at the Judicial
01:10Institute.
01:11After these studies are completed quickly, they will be delivered to their families.
01:19An investigation is underway into the fire, which occurred during school holidays when
01:23many families from Istanbul and Ankara visit the Bolu Mountains to ski.
01:28Police have detained nine people as part of the inquiry.
01:32Prosecutors will determine the fire's cause and those responsible will be held accountable.
01:38Meanwhile, in a statement on Wednesday, Malaysia's Foreign Ministry, Vizmaputra stated that no
01:43Malaysians were reported among the casualties of the fire.
01:47The ministry also said it is closely monitoring the aftermath through its embassy in Ankara
01:52and consulate general in Istanbul.

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