Hotel fire in Istanbul’s Bakırköy district leaves 12 injured
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- A fire broke out on the first floor of a six-story hotel in Istanbul’s Cevizlik neighborhood at about 6:30 a.m. for an unknown reason.
- Medical teams treated 12 injured people before taking them to nearby hospitals, while firefighters rescued seven people trapped inside.
- Police secured the area and launched an investigation into the fire.
A fire that broke out on the first floor of a six-story hotel in Istanbul’s Bakırköy district injured 12 people and left seven others trapped inside.
The blaze started at about 6:30 a.m. in a hotel on Muhasebeci Street in Cevizlik neighborhood. It quickly grew and spread to the upper floors.
After receiving the report, large numbers of medical, police and fire crews were sent to the scene. Medical teams gave first aid to the 12 injured people and transferred them to nearby hospitals.
Firefighters rescued the seven people trapped inside the hotel and extinguished the fire. Police secured the area and began an investigation into its cause.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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