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Olympic star, 25, tragically dies with his dad in fire at abandoned hotel as investigation launched

Published on March 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Olympic star, 25, tragically dies with his dad in fire at abandoned hotel as investigation launched

AN Olympic star and his dad have died in a fire at a ski resort hotel.

The skiing world is in mourning after the death ofBerkin Usta on his 25th birthday.

Olympic skier Berkin Usta in a red ski jacket.
Berkin Usta has died after a hotel blaze in his home city
Hotel engulfed in flames.
Teh fire gutted the top three of the hotel's six storeys
Alpine skier Berkin Usta of Turkey competing in a race.
Usta competed in the 2017 European Youth Olympics Winter Festival before skiing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics

TheKervansaray Hotel in Uludag, Bursa, Turkey, had its accommodation permit cancelled in January, the Bursa governor´s officesaid.

However, city officials added that 12 staff were present at the time of the blaze.

Several people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

The circumstances behind Usta and his father staying at the hotel have not been made clear.

And prosecutors are now investigating the two deaths.

Just two months ago, a horrific blaze at another ski hotel during the school holidays led to 79 people deaths.

The fire which killed Usta and his 57-year-old dad Yahya is said to have started at 5.30am.

Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey stated that the blaze started in the cafeteria.

Yahya's wife was also reportedly staying at the six-storey Kervansaray Hotel.

A person in a blue jacket and goggles takes a selfie with a snowmobiler in the snowy mountains.
Usta shared maqny sporting snaps on social media

But so far no information has been given on her condition.

TV images showed flames rapidly engulfing the hotel.

Fire crews took less than two hours to bring the fire under control.

But by then the upper floors had been virtually destroyed.

Only hours before the tragedy, Usta had added a cosy-looking video by a log fire to his Instagram story.

Usta, who was born in Bursa,followed his dad by becoming a national alpine skiier.

He competed at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and was a founder of theSkicraft team.

Usta Senior had been president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association.

Turkey's sports minister Osman Askin Bak said: “I learned with deep sorrow that our national athlete Berkin Usta and his father Yahya Usta lost their lives in the fire that broke out in the hotel in Uludag.”

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