Witnesses describe panic as deadly fire tore through ski resort hotel in Turkey

The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalya — in the Koroglu mountains in Bolu province — on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured.

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00:00A day after a fire killed at least 76 people at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey, emergency

00:09workers continued to search for bodies. Sheets used by escapees dangled from the blackened

00:15windows. Witnesses described harrowing scenes of panic as hotel guests attempted to escape.

00:22The Turkish government appointed six prosecutors to lead the search.

00:50The Turkish government appointed six prosecutors to lead an investigation into the blaze, which

00:54is believed to have started in the hotel's restaurant section. At least nine people have

00:59been detained for questioning, including the hotel owner.