By Mehmet Yusuf Melikoglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - At least 15 people were killed and 8 others were injured in a fire that broke out in a 16-storey building in Istanbul's Besiktas district, the governor's office said.
Seven of the injured were in critical condition.
The governor's office said in a statement that the blaze gutted a two-story basement nightclub on Gundogdu Street in the Gayrettepe neighborhood.
Fire brigades and emergency teams were dispatched to the scene of the fire.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
*Writing by Serdar Dincel