Witnesses have described standing helplessly and paralyzed by the horror of people screaming for help or jumping out of windows as flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort.

The fire in the 12-story hotel was reported at 3:27 a.m., and the fire department began to respond at 4:15 a.m., a government official said.

At least 66 people have been killed and 51 have been injured after a fire broke out at the Grand Kartal Hotel which is in a popular ski resort in Bolu province, Turkey, it's been reported