The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya killed entire families, per reports The regional mayor detained after a fire at a ski-resort killed 76 guests in Turkey's Bolu province claims the accusations against him are false.

Dozens of people were killed after a fire ripped through a ski resort hotel in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, forcing desperate holidaymakers to leap from windows to escape from the flames and smoke.

Officials in Turkey say that a fire has raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in the northwestern part of the country during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people.