Six people, including two teenage girls, were killed in a fire Saturday at a perfume warehouse in northwest Turkey, home to a number of factories and other warehouses. local authorities said. Another five were injured. One of them is in critical condition due to burns. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
The fire broke out at 9:00 a.m. local time (7:00 a.m. CET) in the town of Dilovasi, about 70 kilometers from Istanbul, Kocaeli Province Governor Ilhami Aktas told public broadcaster TRT Haber. Firefighters managed to get the fire under control. “Unfortunately, six of our citizens lost their lives,” stated. Among the victims are two teenage girls aged 16 and 17. He added that an investigation was launched to determine the cause of the fire.
The warehouse owner and two other senior employees were arrested by police, Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said. Seven officials working for the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Labor were also suspended from work, the Ministry of Labor announced. According to footage broadcast by Turkish television NTV, the fire destroyed two floors of a building serving as a warehouse.
