12 people killed in dormitory fire in Turkey

In Turkey, twelve people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed yesterday when a fire broke out at a school dormitory in the southern city of Adana.

10pt;">Early, reports suggest an electrical fault may have triggered the blaze at Aladag in the province of Adana but a full investigation is underway. A senior government official said, a woman who worked at the dormitory was also among the dead and that at least 22 other girls were injured.