The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Local media suggested that the wooden cladding on the hotel's exterior may have accelerated the spread of the fire.
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00:00More than 60 people have died and over 50 were injured after a fire broke out at a ski
00:08resort in Turkey's Bolu province.
00:12The blaze started on the restaurant floor of the 12-story resort before it quickly spread
00:16throughout the building.
00:19The cause of the fire is under investigation, but local media suggested that the wooden
00:23cladding on the exterior of the hotel may have accelerated the spread of the fire.
00:29They added that the hotel is on the side of a cliff, hampering efforts to combat the
00:33flames.
00:36Two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic, according to Bolu's
00:40governor.
00:42The fire occurred during the school semester break when many skiers from Istanbul and Ankara
00:47head to the Bolu mountains.
00:50Other hotels at the resort were evacuated as a precaution and guests were placed in
00:54hotels around Bolu.