Tragic Hotel Fire in Antalya, Turkey: Two Lives Lost and Emergency Response Criticized

2023-07-22 19:47:48

On the night of Friday to Saturday, a major fire broke out in a hotel located in Antalya, Turkey. Two people lost their lives and twelve others were injured.

Kaylee and Quiten, two Belgians, were in this hotel at the time of the tragedy: “ It was chaos everywhere. One person even jumped from the building out of desperation “, they say in a testimony delivered to The last news.

According to them, there was no emergency exit inside the hotel: “We jumped from the balcony of the neighbors on the roof of a building opposite”, they explain. ” Someone who was with us had injured his foot. We then started shouting that there was an injured person with us and finally got help ».

Rescue not prepared

According to the two Belgian tourists, the emergency services were not prepared for such an incident either: When the firefighters finally arrived, they mightn’t maneuver their fire trucks through the back streets. It was truly a disaster ».

According to Turkish media, the fire was probably caused by a failure in the air conditioning. A statement shared by Kaylee and Quinten: “ We arrived very early on a Tuesday morning and went to reception the same day to say our air conditioning was leaking. We complained regarding it every day but nothing was ever done regarding it “, they added.

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