Turkiye's famous ski resort fire...76 dead

Fire at a 12-story hotel in a famous ski resort
238 guests at the time of the fire...76 killed, 51 injured
It takes 10 hours to evolve...Estimated Fire Start at Restaurant
9 people arrested including hotel owners...National Day of Mourning declared

[Anchor]
At least 76 people were killed and 51 injured in a fire at a famous ski resort in Turkiye.

Guests in isolation in the flames await rescue The resort I visited for the first time in a long time, such as jumping, turned into Abigyu-hwan.

I'm reporter Kim Do-won.

[Reporter]
Fireworks soar from the top floor of the hotel.

The fire brigade has arrived, but the flames are spreading.

The fire broke out at the ski resort's 12-story hotel in Volu, northwest of Turkiye, at around 3:30 a.m. local time.

[Atacan Yelkovan / Ski Resort Guest: It took about an hour, an hour and a half for the fire truck to arrive. By then, both the fourth and fifth floors had already burned, and the people upstairs were screaming.]

The flames spread helplessly, and those who were lucky enough to escape were forced to stamp their feet when they saw the isolated.

Of the 230 guests who came on vacation, 70 died and 50 were injured.

[Omer Sakrak / Witness: A friend jumped from the 11th floor. I pray for God's mercy. I tried to come down with a bed sheet, but the sheet ripped, and unfortunately it fell headfirst.]


The exterior material of the building is wood, so the fire seems to have spread faster, local media reported.

The fire, which took 10 hours to extinguish, is believed to have started in a hotel restaurant.

Authorities in Turkiye, which set up a special investigation team, arrested nine people, including hotel owners, and President Erdogan Turkiye declared a day of national mourning.

I'm Kim Do Won of YTN.



Video editing: Han Kyung-hee