23.03.2026 19:50
The bodies of a 7-month pregnant mother and her 5 children, who lost their lives in a fire that broke out in a prefabricated building where greenhouse workers stayed in the Kepez district of Antalya, were handed over to their relatives after the procedures at the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institution. The father, who lost his daughter and 5 grandchildren in the fire, was overcome with tears at the time of receiving the bodies.
A fire broke out on Friday, March 20, in a prefabricated building where greenhouse workers were staying in the Gaziler neighborhood of the Kepez district in Antalya for an undetermined reason.
Upon noticing the flames, neighbors alerted the 112 Emergency Call Center, and a large number of fire, gendarmerie, and health teams were dispatched to the scene. Meanwhile, nearby citizens also tried to intervene in the fire with their own means. However, the intervention was insufficient due to the flames that quickly engulfed the entire structure.
THE TRAGEDY EMERGED AFTER THE EXTINGUISHING WORKS
Four people from a foreign national family inside were rescued with the help of citizens. The teams from the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, which arrived at the scene, made intense efforts to prevent the flames from spreading to other nearby structures. As a result of the team's long efforts, the fire was completely extinguished in the early hours of the morning.
After the extinguishing efforts, it was determined that 6 people, including 5 children from the same family, lost their lives in the prefabricated building. Among the deceased were Leyle Elali (26), who was reported to be 7 months pregnant, and her children Muna Ahmed (9), Fatma Ahmed (8), Hayat Ahmed (7), Iman Ahmed (5), and Mahmut Ahmed (4). Those affected by smoke, including Şevvah Ahmed (29), Mahmut Ahmed (53), Ahmet Ahmed (2), and the business owner Rahman Genç, were taken to the hospital by ambulances after the first intervention at the scene.
“TOMORROW IS A HOLIDAY, GO TO BED EARLY,” HE SAID, NONE OF THEM WOKE UP
It was learned that the father and son affected by smoke were still receiving treatment in the hospital, and that before the fire, the father told his children, "Tomorrow is a holiday, go to bed early," and that he himself went to sleep early. The bodies of the deceased mother and her 5 children were taken to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute morgue after the investigations at the scene.
HE RECEIVED THE BODIES OF HIS DAUGHTER AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN WITH TEARS
The bodies of the 5 children and the 7-month pregnant mother brought to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute were handed over to Leyla Elali's father, İsmail Ali, relatives, and Zeytinlik Neighborhood Muhtar Naime Aksu after the procedures were completed. It was observed that father İsmail Ali could not hold back his tears in front of the morgue, where great sorrow was experienced. It was learned that the bodies of the mother and 5 children who lost their lives in the fire tragedy would be sent to their hometown, the city of Manbij in Syria, for burial.