2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire

2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire

Grand Kartal Hotel in 2007
Date	21 January 2025 (2025-01-21)
Time	3:27 a.m. (UTC+03:00)
Duration	12 hours
Venue	Bolu Grand Kartal Hotel
Location	Kartalkaya, Bolu Province, Turkey
Coordinates	40°35′24″N 31°48′26″E / 40.59000°N 31.80722°E / 40.59000; 31.80722
Type	Structure fire
Deaths	78
Non-fatal injuries	51

On 21 January 2025, a fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, killed at least 78 people, and injured 51 others.

The fire started in the hotel's fourth floor kitchen/restaurant section. It occurred during the Turkish winter school break, when the hotel was 80–90% full. The scale of the fire and number of deaths were exacerbated by the absence of smoke detectors, automatic sprinklers, functioning fire alarms, functioning emergency exit lights, and other fire safety measures. Rescue efforts were hampered by freezing weather and the hotel's remote location; firefighters did not arrive until over an hour after the fire was reported. Most victims died from suffocation.