Islamabad: A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkiye's Bolu mountains killed 66 people on Tuesday and forced panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.Some 51 people were injured, Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu said at the Kartalkaya ski resort in northwest Turkiye.According to media reports, the blaze at the 12-storey Grand Kartal hotel, which has wooden cladding, started at 3:27am (5:27am PKT), Ali Yerlikaya said on X. Three people died after jumping from the hotel's windows.The resort is located on top of a mountain range about 170 kilometres northwest of the capital Ankara. The fire, which is believed to have started in the restaurant at around midnight, spread quickly. It was not immediately clear what caused it.Television footage showed huge plumes of smoke rising into the sky with a snowcapped mountain behind the hotel. Local media said 237 people were staying at the hotel, where the occupancy rate was between 80 and 90 percent due to the school holidays.Those evacuated were rehoused in nearby hotels. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said six prosecutors had been allocated to investigate the blaze.Meanwhile Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep sadness over the loss of precious lives in a fire incident in a hotel in Kartalkaya Ski Resort in northern Turkiye.In a post on social media platform X, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended his heartfelt condolences to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish nation and especially the bereaved families, who lost their loved ones in this accident. The Prime Minister also prayed for the swift recovery of the injured.