22.01.2025 17:41
A fire safety certificate issued by the Bolu Municipality for the restaurant of the hotel where the disaster occurred 19 days before the fire has come to light. The document, signed by Sedat Gülener, the assistant of Mayor Tanju Özcan, who claimed that the fire was not within his area of responsibility and is also his cousin, includes the statement, "It is in accordance with the Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire."
After the fire disaster at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya, which claimed the lives of 76 people, the discussions regarding responsibilities related to inspections and permits gained a new dimension with a document that emerged.
BOLU MUNICIPALITY ISSUED A PERMIT FOR THE HOTEL'S RESTAURANT 19 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE
It has been learned that Bolu Municipality prepared a fire safety certificate for the restaurant of the hotel where the disaster occurred in Kartalkaya, 19 days before the fire. In the document dated January 2, 2025, prepared upon the application made for a 70 square meter café restaurant to be opened at the Grand Kartal Hotel, it was stated that "it is in accordance with the Regulation on the Fire Protection of Buildings."
IT WAS RECORDED THAT LPG TYPE FLAMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT
In the document prepared by the Bolu Municipality Fire Department in response to the application of Mudurnu Energy Industry and Trade Inc