At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey

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ANKARA, Turkey — A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.At least 51 people also were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, in Bolu province’s Koroglu mountains, some 300 kilometers east of Istanbul, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

All flags at government buildings and Turkish diplomatic mission abroad would be lowered to half-staff, he said.Necmi Kepcetutan, a ski instructor at the hotel, said he was asleep when the fire erupted and he rushed out of the building. He told NTV television that he then helped some 20 guests out of the hotel.The hotel was engulfed in smoke, making it difficult for guests to locate the fire escape, he said.“I cannot reach some of my students.

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