Tag: Turkiye

  • Empat maut dalam kebakaran hotel di Turkiye, termasuk juara ski

    ISTANBUL – Kebakaran di sebuah hotel resort ski tertutup di barat laut Turkiye awal Khamis mengorbankan empat orang, termasuk seorang juara ski dan bapa pengajarnya, dua bulan selepas kebakaran resort ski besar mengorbankan 78 orang di negara itu.

    Menurut kenyataan Pejabat Gabenor Bursa, insiden yang berlaku di pusat peranginan ski Uludag di wilayah Bursa sekitar jam 5:30 pagi waktu tempatan (0230 GMT), membunuh Yahya Usta, Presiden Persatuan Pengajar Ski dan Papan Salji Turki, anak lelakinya Berkin Usta yang berusia 24 tahun, pemain ski kebangsaan dan Juara Alpine Dunia, dan dua kakitangan hotel itu.

    Pejabat itu berkata 12 kakitangan berada di dalam hotel ketika kebakaran berlaku, dua daripadanya terbunuh, dan seorang dalam keadaan kritikal.

    Persekutuan Ski Turki mengeluarkan ucapan takziah dan menyatakan bahawa isteri Yahya Usta cedera.

    Laporan berbilang media mengatakan bahawa kebakaran, yang bermula di bahagian kafe-restoran hotel, dengan cepat merebak ke semua tingkat dan menyambar seluruh bangunan.

    Terdahulu, Datuk Bandar Bursa Mustafa Bozbey berkata dalam siaran langsung di NTV bahawa laporan awal menunjukkan empat orang berada di dalam hotel semasa kebakaran.

    Seorang daripada mereka terbunuh, dan tiga lagi, dilaporkan seorang pengajar ski, isterinya dan anak lelaki mereka, terkena asap tebal dan kemudian dibawa ke hospital dalam keadaan tidak sedarkan diri, kata Bozbey.

    Hotel itu telah ditutup dan sebelum ini dipindahkan kerana tamat tempoh sijil penginapannya, yang tidak diperbaharui.

    Kebakaran telah dapat dikawal, dan siasatan telah dilancarkan, menurut NTV.

    Insiden ini menyusuli kebakaran besar hotel pada Januari di pusat peranginan ski Kartalkaya di wilayah Bolu, yang membunuh 78 orang dan mencederakan lebih 50. Sejak itu, pihak berkuasa telah memperhebatkan pemeriksaan ke atas hotel di seluruh negara.

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  • Four killed in hotel fire in NW Türkiye, including champion skier

    ISTANBUL – A fire at a closed ski resort hotel in northwestern Türkiye earlier Thursday killed four people, including a champion skier and his instructor father, two months after a major ski resort fire killed 78 in the country.

    According to a statement by the Bursa Governor’s Office, the incident, which occurred in the Uludag ski resort in Bursa province around 5:30 a.m. local time (0230 GMT), killed Yahya Usta, President of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Instructors Association, his 24-year-old son Berkin Usta, a national skier and World Alpine Champion, and two staff members of the hotel.

    The office said 12 staff members were inside the hotel when the fire broke out, two of whom were killed, and one was in critical condition.

    The Turkish Ski Federation issued a condolence message and stated that Yahya Usta’s wife was injured.

    Multiple media reports said that the fire, which started in the cafe-restaurant section of the hotel, quickly spread to all floors and engulfed the entire building.

    Earlier in the day, Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey said in a live broadcast on NTV that preliminary reports indicated four people were inside the hotel during the fire.

    One of them was killed, and three others, reportedly a ski instructor, his wife and their son, were affected by the thick smoke and later taken to the hospital in an unconscious state, said Bozbey.

    The hotel had been closed and previously evacuated due to the expiration of its accommodation certificate, which had not been renewed.

    The fire has been brought under control, and an investigation has been launched, according to NTV.

    This incident followed a major hotel fire in January at Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, which killed 78 people and injured over 50. Since then, authorities have intensified inspections of hotels nationwide.

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