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Witnesses at a Turkish ski resort stood helpless as people leaped out of a burning hotel

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Enes Ozkan/IHA via AP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Enes Ozkan/IHA via AP)

Firefighters work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

A Turkish flag flag flies at half staff outside a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A Turkish flag flag flies at half staff outside a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

People attend the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

People attend the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Tightened bed sheets hang from a window of a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Tightened bed sheets hang from a window of a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, attends the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, attends the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives carry the coffin of one of the members of the Gultekin family during their funeral at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Relatives carry the coffin of one of the members of the Gultekin family during their funeral at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Firefighters work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Relatives carry the coffin of one of the members of the Gultekin family during their funeral at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Relatives carry the coffin of one of the members of the Gultekin family during their funeral at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Yilmaz Saritas and his children Nehir and Doruk, who were among the 76 victims who died in a fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, at Karsıyaka cemetery in Ankara, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, attends the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, attends the funeral of members of the Gultekin family at the Kalici Konutlar Merkez mosque in Bolu, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Eight members of the Gultekin family died in a fire that broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province. (Adem Altan/Pool Photo via AP)