Yerlikaya noted that search-and-rescue operations at the fire site had been completed. He also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and to the people of Türkiye. The minister stated that the bodies of 52 victims had been identified by their families.

At least 66 people have died and dozens of others were taken to hospital as a result of a fire that broke out in the early morning hours of January 21 at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Türkiye’s northwestern province of Bolu.

Pakistan has expressed grief over the devastating fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu, Türkiye, this morning. The Foreign Office, in a statement today, said the unfortunate accident has resulted in sixty-six fatalities and 51 injured.

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early Wednesday.

A fire that erupted in ski resort in Turkey's Bolu mountains killed at least 66 people, the cause of the fire is under investigation.