Hotel staff did not activate the fire alarm during a deadly January blaze at a Turkish ski resort in order to evacuate “privileged” guests without interference, according to a court-appointed expert report, the Velev news website reported on Thursday.
The fire broke out in the early hours of January 21 at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu’s Kartalkaya ski resort.
Investigators found that staff intentionally chose not to trigger the hotel’s general fire alarm system to avoid a stampede…
