As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin watched helplessly as the horror unfolded before them. Some people were leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help,

Some had returned to the hotel year after year. Their deaths — amid dozens of others at the hotel — have stirred grief and outrage.

Authorities in Turkey have detained 11 people they said are involved in the fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains. The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal H

The blaze broke out in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, Turkey

A fire engulfed a hotel at the popular Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday, killing 10 people died and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said.The health, interior and culture ministers are expected to visit the site later in the day. fo/hmw/ach

A devastating fire engulfed the Grand Kartal hotel in Turkiye's Kartalkaya ski resort, resulting in 66 fatalities and 51 injuries. With 238 guests present, chaos ensued as smoke hampered evacuation efforts.

Turkish authorities have detained 11 individuals as part of an investigation into a fire at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains that killed at least 79 people and left dozens injured, according to authorities.

Guests said no fire alarms could be heard and there was no sign of firefighters for a long period The fire that killed 78 people at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Monday is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind in Turkish history.