Fire breaks out in residential tower block in Istanbul

• A fire in a tower block filled the city of Ankara with smoke.
• Smoke fills the night as the tower burns.
• The fire broke out in the Fikirtepe neighbourhood of Istanbul.

A fire in a tower block filled the city of Ankara with smoke. Smoke fills the night as the tower burns.

The fire broke out in the Fikirtepe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Videos of the fire are being shared on social media.

The videos show that there are a lot of emergency vehicles near the burning tower and a lot of people watching as the fire seems to have spread through the big building.

There are different stories about whether the tower block is a hotel or a place where people live. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

A huge tower block in Turkey caught fire, and scary footage of the fire showed smoke spreading across the country’s capital.

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Video of the event shows a terrifying scene: smoke is billowing into the night as flames burn up the tower.

The fire is thought to have happened in Fikirtepe, a neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey. Videos of the terrible fire are being shared on social media.

The videos reveal that there are several emergency vehicles near the tower on fire and that people are flocking to watch as the fire looks to have gone through the big structure.

The tower building may be a hotel or a residence, and the fire’s source is uncertain.

A gas leak caused a large explosion in a Fikirtepe residential building last weekend, killing three and wounding one.

“The explosion occurred on the last storey of the structure and the fire spread to a neighbouring building,” said Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya of the incident.

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