ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Authorities on Wednesday detained six people in connection with a fire that broke out at a middle school dormitory for girls and left 12 people dead.
The fire blazed through the three-story building in the town of Aladag, in Adana province, late Tuesday.
The fire, believed to be caused by an electrical fault, killed 11 students and a teacher. Twenty-two people were injured. All of the victims were Turkish.
Adana’s chief prosecutor, Ali Yeldan, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that the dormitory’s director, three teachers and two other employees were detained for questioning as part of a probe into possible negligence.
The move came after Family Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya promised a thorough investigation and said anyone guilty of negligence would be punished.