World News | 4 Foreign Children Killed, 2 Wounded in Apartment Fire in Istanbul
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Four foreign children were killed and two people wounded when a fire erupted in the wee hours of Tuesday at an apartment building in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, the Governor's office announced.
Istanbul [Turkey], December 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Four foreign children were killed and two people wounded when a fire erupted in the wee hours of Tuesday at an apartment building in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, the Governor's office announced.
The office said in a statement that the fire broke out at around 2:50 a.m. local time (2350 GMT on Monday) in the basement of a five-story building in the Esenyurt district located on the European side of the city.
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Four children with foreign nationality lost their lives to the blaze, while their mother and another kid were rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital, it added.
"A judicial and administrative investigation has been initiated regarding the issue," the statement noted, without revealing further details. (ANI/Xinhua)
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