Fire breaks out in residential building in Türkiye

A massive blaze has engulfed an elite apartment complex in the Turkish city of Izmir, the office of Izmir Province Governor Yavuz Selim Kosger said.

According to the statement, the blaze occurred in the Yenikale district in west Izmir in the early morning of Friday.

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted that seven people were injured in the blaze, six of whom inhaled carbon dioxide.

Kosger told a Turkish broadcaster that no one died in the incident, but the blaze completely destroyed one of the apartment blocks.

Firefighting operations were joined by 25 fire engines and helicopters from Ankara and Aydin. The causes of the fire have yet to be determined.