As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin stood helpless as the horror unfolded before them, with people leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help and others making the harrowing decision to jump.

Some had returned to the hotel year after year. Their deaths — amid dozens of others at the hotel — have stirred grief and outrage.

Authorities in Turkey have detained 11 people they said are involved in the fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains. The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal H

A huge fire killed at least 76 people Tuesday as it ripped through a hotel at a popular ski resort in northern Turkey that was packed with people enjoying the winter holidays, including families.

Allegations of negligence as 79 people died in blaze at Grand Kartal Hotel on a mountaintop in the Kartalkaya resort

A fire engulfed a hotel at the popular Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday, killing 10 people died and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said.The health, interior and culture ministers are expected to visit the site later in the day. fo/hmw/ach

A devastating fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Turkey's ski resort region has resulted in 76 deaths and 51 injuries, with guests trapped in smoke-filled rooms. Authorities are investigating the cause,

A devastating fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya, a ski resort in Turkey's Bolu province, claimed 76 lives and left 51 others hospitalised early Tuesday. View on euronews

At least 76 people have died after a fire tore through the Grand Kartal ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains. A witness recalls guests jumping from windows to escape the flames.