{"id":51921,"date":"2012-03-12T07:23:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=51921"},"modified":"2014-01-06T23:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:38:19","slug":"istanbul-blaze-kills-11-construction-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/03\/12\/istanbul-blaze-kills-11-construction-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul blaze kills 11 construction workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suspected cause of the fire was an electrical heater, the district mayor said<\/h2>\n

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At least 11 workers have died after fire swept through a tent at a building site in the Turkish city of Istanbul.<\/p>\n

The blaze happened in the district of Esenyurt at the construction site of a shopping centre.<\/p>\n

TV footage showed fire crews, working under floodlights in the snow, recovering the bodies of the workers from the ruins of the tent.<\/p>\n

Esenyurt Mayor Necmi Kadioglu said the suspected cause of the fire was an electrical heater.<\/p>\n

Images from the scene showed adjacent tents had also been burned down.<\/p>\n

“Between 11 and 14 workers are believed to have died in the fire,” Mr Kadioglu told state-run TRT television from the scene.<\/p>\n

“This is the site of a shopping mall. It appears the fire has something to do with the heating problem as it is freezing here,” he added.<\/p>\n

City officials said an investigation had been opened.<\/p>\n

via BBC News – Istanbul blaze kills 11 construction workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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