00:00The death toll from a ski resort hotel fire in Turkey's Bolu Mountains on Tuesday rose
00:07to 76 with dozens injured.
00:10Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yelikaya reported that 238 guests were staying at the hotel,
00:16located at the base of several ski slopes.
00:20He said the fire, which smoldered until the afternoon, has been extinguished and search
00:25efforts at the hotel have concluded.
00:28In Bolu, where the identities of the health directorate were identified, 52 families
00:41were identified with their families and so far, the salaries of our citizens who have
00:50passed away 45 have been delivered to their families.
00:58We have not been able to carry out identity identification studies on the others.
01:03Identity identification studies and DNA identification studies are being carried out at the Judicial
01:10Institute.
01:11After these studies are completed quickly, they will be delivered to their families.
01:19An investigation is underway into the fire, which occurred during school holidays when
01:23many families from Istanbul and Ankara visit the Bolu Mountains to ski.
01:28Police have detained nine people as part of the inquiry.
01:32Prosecutors will determine the fire's cause and those responsible will be held accountable.
01:38Meanwhile, in a statement on Wednesday, Malaysia's Foreign Ministry, Vizmaputra stated that no
01:43Malaysians were reported among the casualties of the fire.
01:47The ministry also said it is closely monitoring the aftermath through its embassy in Ankara
01:52and consulate general in Istanbul.
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