US EditionDetentions in deadly Turkish ski resort fire rise to 14
- Turkey has arrested 15 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 78 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu Mountains earlier this week.
- The Grand Kartal Hotel lacked basic fire safety measures, according to independent experts.
- The blaze started on the restaurant floor of the 12-storey building, which had 238 registered guests, at around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
- President Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey's judiciary was working to punish all those responsible for the incident.
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The owner, management and 12 other people were arrested – Erdogan stressed that the judiciary is working to punish those responsible
78 people die when a fire breaks out in a hotel in the Bolu mountain region of Turkey. Following the disaster, the property's fire safety measures came under criticism. Police are now arresting more than a dozen people who could be responsible for the accident.
The Straits Times
Turkey arrests 15 over deadly fire at ski resort, state media says
ANKARA - Turkey has arrested 15 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 78 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains earlier this week, state media reported on Sunday.
As part of the investigation into the fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort, 15 people have been arrested so far, Turkish media reported today.
Fourteen people were arrested, eight of whom were referred to the prosecutor's office on Friday to be indicted in the criminal investigation into the fire at a mountain hotel, which killed 78 people in Turkey The agency
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