A fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey has killed at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others.

A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed 66 people and injured 51. The fire broke out early Tuesday, and many guests panicked, jumping from windows to escape. Emergency responders surrounded the hotel as guests used bed sheets to try to flee.

Authorities in Turkey have detained 11 people they said are involved in the fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains. The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal H

Allegations of negligence as 79 people died in blaze at Grand Kartal Hotel on a mountaintop in the Kartalkaya resort

Ali Yerlikaya said at least 51 other people were injured in the disaster that struck the Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya, in Bolu province’s Koroglu mountains, some 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Istanbul. The fire occurred during the schools' semester break, when hotels in the region are packed.

Tuesday's fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya left at least 79 people dead and 51 injured, happening during a particularly busy season.

Witnesses have described standing helplessly and paralyzed by the horror of people screaming for help or jumping out of windows as flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort

Outrage over alleged safety failures at a 12-storey hotel in Turkey has escalated into a political clash between the government and the opposition-run local authorities, after a fire killed 79 people and injured more than 50.