Fire in Turkish dormitory kills 12

Twelve people, including eleven teenagers, were killed when a fire swept through a girls dormitory in the southern Turkish province of Adana on Tuesday.

The fire, which broke out in a dormitory housing middle and high school students, may have been caused by an electrical fault, a senior government official who represents the province in parliament, Omer Celik, told broadcaster CNN Turk.

At least twenty-two other girls were injured, Celik said. Also among the dead was a woman who worked at the dormitory, Reuters reports.