Devastating Toll from Ski Resort Fire in Turkey
a fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort
The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said.
"Our pain is great," Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the Kartalkaya resort around 170 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of the capital Ankara. "66 citizens lost their lives and 51 others wounded."