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There is an alarm system but we know it was not working. There should also have been a sprinkler system activated by the alarm to help the fire extinguishing process,
Derya Başyılmaz said
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The judicial investigation launched by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the hotel fire in Bolu Kartalkaya is being carried out meticulously and from multiple perspectives.”
Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç, wrote in a statement on Tuesday
The investigation of the cause of the fire by a panel of 5 experts in the relevant field is ongoing and work is ongoing to determine faults. Every stage of the investigation is carried out with great care and sensitivity.”
He addedThere is no excuse for such a high number of deaths in 2025,
Ozgur Ozel, leader of the main opposition CHP party, said outside the hotel
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We are in deep pain,
Turkey’s interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, told reporters after inspecting the site at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, about 190 miles (300km) east of Istanbul
I was profoundly disturbed. I still cannot forget the image,
he saidI saw one kid hanging from the hotel window calling for help. It was so profoundly disturbing that I didn't dare look,
he told AFP
When I arrived, there were flames everywhere and we could hear screams,
said Cevdet Can, who runs a nearby ski schoolI tried to go in but it was hard to breathe,
said Kepcetutan, who knew thatWe got out and saw the flames on the fourth floor and people at the windows shouting for help,
he told AFPI saw one person jump out of the window -- when she saw the flames, she panicked,
he told AFP, sayingWith the others, I leaned a ladder against the front wall and helped 15 to 20 people get out,
he told AFP, sayingI don't know anything about negligence,
said Aykut Aysal, a 35-year-old ski trainer at another hotel.jpg)
Our hearts and souls are hurting and we are currently trying to fulfill this duty,
President Tayyip Erdogan said at one funeral for eight victims in Bolu in western Turkey
There was no one around. They were calling for firefighters. They were breaking the windows. Some could no longer stand the smoke and flames, and they jumped,
Cetin, an employee at a hotel adjacent to the Grand Kartal, told The Associated Press
It was awful. We were terrified. People were screaming. The cries of children especially affected us. We wanted to help but there was nothing we could do. I couldn’t look it was so terrifying.”
Karakisa saidThere was no-one around
Halime Cetin, an employee at a hotel adjacent to the Grand Kartal, said
He waited, then the fire department came and took them (out), but unfortunately the
he saidNo issues related to fire safety had been flagged by the fire department,
he said on Tuesday
It was not the fire but the negligence which was responsible for so many deaths,
it said