19.10.2025 12:11
A fire that broke out in a textile workshop in Beyoğlu was extinguished by firefighting teams after a two-hour intervention. In the investigations related to the incident, it was determined that the fire was started by a 21-year-old woman. The young woman, who is accused of setting the building on fire because she was not allowed into the apartment used as both a workplace and home by her 64-year-old boyfriend, has been taken into custody.
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A fire broke out yesterday around 05:00 in the attic of a four-story building located in the Piyalepaşa neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul. Upon noticing the flames, nearby residents alerted the authorities, and a large number of firefighters, police, and medical teams were dispatched to the scene.
ONE PERSON AFFECTED BY SMOKE
During the fire, residents of the adjacent apartments were evacuated as a precaution, and medical teams intervened at the scene for one person affected by the dense smoke.
SET THE BUILDING ON FIRE AFTER HER BOYFRIEND DID NOT LET HER IN
The Beyoğlu Public Security Bureau, which initiated an investigation into the incident, determined that the building had been set on fire. In ongoing operations, a woman named K.A. (21) was apprehended. Investigations revealed that there had been a dispute between K.A. and the business owner and her boyfriend A.K. (64) during the day, and that K.A. returned to the scene in the morning wanting to enter the workplace and the apartment used as a residence. When A.K. did not open the door, she set the building on fire.
YOUNG WOMAN IN CUSTODY
The suspect K.A., who was taken into custody, was referred to the courthouse after completing her procedures at the police station.
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