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House fire claims lives of mother and three children in Turkey

09 February 2020 15:39 (UTC +04:00)

According to the information obtained, a fire broke out in the house where his son Yunus Tur, who lives in a 2-storey house belonging to Ahmet Tur, APA reports citing News 1.

Many firefighters, ambulances and security forces were dispatched to the scene upon the notice of the surrounding citizens who saw the smoke rising from the house. With the intervention of firefighters who came to the scene in a short time, the fire was extinguished before growing.

Health teams, the mother Nisan Tur (34), who was caught while sleeping in the fire, and her children Miran, determined that Lorin and Ecrin were poisoned by smoke and died. After the examination, the bodies of mothers and 3 children, whose ages ranged from 1 to 7, were removed to the morgue of Mardin State Hospital.

It was learned that Yunus Tur, who lost his wife and 3 children in the fire, was not at home when the fire broke out and worked in the Eti Bakır business in the district. A fire investigation was launched.