Deadly fire tears through Istanbul apartment block
Issued on: Modified:
![](https://s.france24.com/media/display/d69125a2-f1bb-11ee-ac2a-005056a97e36/w:980/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"TURKEY","hash":"b0bd2229578385f052959301e6354cb94164bcf43a6f127240bf32b0897617b7","title":"Deadly%20fire%20at%20Istanbul%20apartment%20block","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20240403_141723_141838_CS.webp)
A fire that raged from the basement of a 16-storey building in central Istanbul killed at least 29 people Tuesday, with flames and thick smoke billowing for hours despite a massive emergency response. The fire was contained and rescue efforts had ended by early evening, the city governor's office said, and eight people were arrested over the blaze that began in a basement where builders had been renovating a nightclub.