A day of mourning is under way in Turkey for the 76 victims of a fire that engulfed a popular ski resort hotel in the country's north-west. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there. It took 12 hours to put out.

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A survivor of a fire that raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey described his frantic escape.

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The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel, in Kartalkaya, in the Koroglu mountains, in Bolu province, on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured.

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A tragic fire occurred at the Kartalkaya ski resort in the northwestern part of Turkey. The death toll has risen to 76 people, including entire families and many children. A national day of mourning has been declared in the country.