Death toll in Turkish hotel ski resort blaze soars
ANKARA, Turkey - The death toll in the devastating fire at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, midway between Ankara and Istanbul, has risen to 76.
The number injured has climbed to more than fifty, with many of those injured in serious condition.
Fire broke out at the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Blu Province in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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