UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

23 hospitalized in Istanbul hotel gas leak

|
 
Published: Dec. 31, 2012 at 4:56 PM

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A gas leak in an Istanbul hotel poisoned at least 23 people, with four listed in critical condition, hospital officials said.

The incident occurred Monday in the Modern Sultan Hotel in Istanbul's Faith district, the newspaper Today's Zaman reported.

Two of the victims were hotel employees, the rest foreign tourists, the newspaper said, adding they were taken to five different hospitals.

Witnesses described several of the victims as unconscious, with white foam emerging from their mouths.

Topics: Today's Zaman
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional World News Stories
1 of 17
Tornado recover efforts underway in Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
If you have to steal a piece of meat because it reminds you of your dead grandmother, you might...
Pro tip: If you are planning to shoplift make sure your pants aren't going to fall down when you're...
Man accused of bestiality porn gets off on a technicality. Also, a horse, several dogs, a lemur...
You know how at the end of Silence of the Lambs, the Senator's daughter got to keep Buffalo Bill's...
Five TV shows that are shaping world politics. And this isn't some silly list put out by an entertainment...
How to steal the mini-bar like a boss