100-year historical mansion burned to ground in Turkey

A 100 years old historical mansion in Camikebir neighborhood suddenly started burning with unknown reason at approximately 01:30 AM local time in Kuşadası district of Aydın city, Turkey. A large number of police teams and fire brigade crews dispatched to scene after people in neighborhood reported the incident to 112 Emergency Service. Fire brigade crews from Aydın Metropolitan Municipality tried hard to bring the fire under control and to prevent fire spreading to 400 years old Kaleiçi Mosque beside the mansion. In the fire that brought under control after about 2 hours, parts of mansion demolished from time to time. While historical mansion burned to ground despite firefighters’ great efforts, there were no casualties recorded in the incident. Police took into custody suspect named A.T. related to the incident.