Turkiye arrests nine amid anger over deadly hotel fire
Al Jazeera
Questions rise over safety measures at the Grand Kartal Hotel at a ski resort in the Bolu Mountains.
Turkiye has arrested nine people in connection with Tuesday’s fire at a ski resort hotel that killed 76 people.
The arrests, announced by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Wednesday, included the owner of the hotel, with questions rising over the safety measures in place.
The government has appointed six prosecutors to lead an investigation into the blaze, which is believed to have started in the restaurant section of the 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel, which sits in the Kartalkaya ski resort in the Bolu Mountains.
Authorities are facing growing criticism. Witnesses and reports have suggested that the hotel’s fire detection system failed to operate.
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