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'You could hear screams' say witnesses of deadly Turkey hotel fire

Outside the Grand Kartal Hotel in mountainous northwestern Turkey, ski instructors recall the fire that ripped through the packed building, killing 76 people. "You could hear screams," says Cevdet Can, recalling how some of the hotel's 238 guests threw themselves from windows to escape. Anger mounted in Turkey the day after the tragedy, with nine people arrested and allegations of negligence spreading.

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Transcript
00:00This is how it looks like from the inside of the building.
00:22There was a lot of fire everywhere when I arrived.
00:26There was a fire in the upper floors of the building.
00:32They are trying to put out the fire.
00:34Are there children?
00:36Of course, there are children's voices.
00:39There was a lot of fire in the building.
00:48Are these sheets useful?
00:50Of course.
00:52After a certain period of time, people started to leave the building.
00:59Someone who did not leave the building was saved.
01:22We don't know what's going on because we came here in a sleepy state.
01:32We just arrived.
01:34We saw that they evacuated 7-8 rooms.
01:43They started to evacuate us when the fire got worse.
01:47We couldn't see much.
01:49The guests who come to our hotel will not be helpful.
02:19Thank you for watching this video.

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