A fire broke out in a hotel under construction with workers in Turkey

A fire broke out in a nine-story hotel under construction in Alanya, Turkey, with workers trapped on the upper floors of the building. This was reported by A Haber TV channel on Monday, January 27.

The fire started around 16:30 local time (coincides with Moscow time). The footage from the scene shows thick black smoke rising from the building.

According to journalists, the first to help the builders came to the aid of local residents, soon after that the fire brigades arrived. Preliminary, the cause of the fire was a welding machine.

As specified by CNN Turk with reference to the mayor of the city, rescue required four workers. To date, they have been released.

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Earlier, on January 21, a large-scale fire occurred in a hotel in the Turkish resort of Bolu. As a result, 79 people died, another 51 suffered. It was specified that in the ignited building were almost 240 guests. After that, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a day declared mourning in the country.

The owner of the Grand Kartal hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya blamed the fire on the staff. According to the Sabah newspaper, the fire may have been caused by a mistake by the staff who did not turn off the grill.