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

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

'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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