STUTTGART
Cause of death of eight Turkish nationals who were killed in a fire in Backnang city of Germany on Sunday, was announced smoke inhalation and burning.
German police officials announced that there was no sign of arson and the reason of fire could be broken stove. Officials said 7 children -between the ages of 6 months to 17- and their mother lost their lives and their bodies were found at the first floor of the house. Police said the fire was estimated to erupt due to a broken stove and there was no sign of an arson yet.
Nazli Ozkan Soykan (40), Hatice (17), Yilmaz (14), Abdulkadir (8), Izzet (7), Yasin (6), Ahmet (3), and Murat ( 6 months) lost her lives in the fire.
An elder woman, a man and a 11-year-old boy from the same family were rescued and under treatment in hospital added officials.
The father of the family, who was out of the house during the fire, had a nervous breakdown and in hospital under doctor control.
It was said that there was Turkish-German cultural center at the entrance floor of the building and it was a leather factory back than.
Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg state Reinhold Gall, Turkey's Stuttgart Consul General Mustafa Turker Ari and Chairman of Turkey's Great Union Party Mustafa Destici visited the site.
