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At least 66 dead as fire engulfs Turkish ski hotel
At least 66 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, leaving some to jump out of windows. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there. An initial…
Caulfield Racecourse fire: suspicious blaze engulfs grandstand in Melbourne’s south-east
Victoria police say nobody has been injured and a crime scene has been established Major parts of a Caulfield Racecourse grandstand have been destroyed in a suspicious early morning fire. Fire Rescue Victoria responded to the blaze at Station Street in Caulfield East in Melbourne’s south-east at 6.20am on Tuesday. “Firefighters arrived on scene to…