Thirty-two defendants are on trial over a deadly fire at a Turkish ski resort hotel that killed 78 people and injured 133.

FILE - Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Jan. 21, 2025. (Enes Ozkan/IHA via AP, File) ...

The January 21 fire hit the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in the province of Bolu during the winter school break.

32 defendants on trial for deadly ski resort hotel fire that killed 78, injured 133; calls for accountability.

The defendants faceup to 1,998 years in prison each on 78 charges, including ’manslaughter with possible intent" to kill’.

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