Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the number of suspects detained in connection with the deadly hotel fire at a ski resort has increased to 14.

The fire broke out at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya early on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 21

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early Wednesday.

Witnesses have described standing helplessly and paralyzed by the horror of people screaming for help or jumping out of windows as flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort.

A fire that erupted in ski resort in Turkey's Bolu mountains killed at least 66 people, the cause of the fire is under investigation.

At least 66 people were killed in a fire at a hotel at a popular ski resort in north-western Turkey on Tuesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. At least 51 other people were injured in the blaze.

Turkish authorities are investigating a fire at a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey that killed 76 people, including children.