Women jump from balcony to escape hotel fire in Turkey

Four people were injured in a fire that broke out at a hotel in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Wednesday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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Footage shot by local news outlet Izmir Haber showed a woman falling down as she tried to cross to an adjacent building as flames engulfed the hotel.

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Another woman was later seen jumping off the balcony to avoid the flames.

Turkish media reported that the second woman hit an electrical wire before landing on a car.

The two women were taken to hospital in “serious condition,” Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported.

Two others were also taken to a state hospital for smoke inhalation.

Investigators believe the fire may have been caused after a cellphone battery ignited inside the hotel.

— With files from Global News