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The 355-year-old Vaniköy Mosque surrendered to the flames on Sunday. The historic mosque was badly damaged by the fire. The Demirören News Agency (DHA) came to the fire department report that will shed light on the cause of the fire.
In the examinations carried out by the teams affiliated with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, it was observed that the fire originated from the electrical installation. The report that concludes that the fire is caused by electrical heating in the installation cables is as follows:
“IGNITION OF INSULATION AS A RESULT OF ELECTRICAL HEATING”
“As a result of the investigation and examination carried out after the course and the extinction of the fire, it was learned that the neighbors of the house inside the mosque felt an odor and the technical personnel of the mansion on the south facade and the mosque were internally checked and the electrical fuses went out. It has been determined that it is located around the second window, in the investigation carried out in this section it was observed that on the left wall there is an electrical distribution panel compared to the entrance to the mosque, and there is an electronic sound system, device recording camera and air conditioning unit installed in the window space. As a consequence of the electrical heating of the installation cables, the ignition of the insulation (signs of color change, adherence, pilling, etc. are observed in the sections of the table in this section), the combustion began, the floor materials of wood and the spreading to the roof and to the whole building. As a result, it was concluded that the fire incident occurred “
TREES AND VEHICLE DAMAGED
The report also included the following information:
“The incident of the fire in the mosque was intervened by us from the perimeter of the building and up to the roof of the stairs and from the air. Three rescue boats belonging to the coastal security carried out a fire intervention work by the sea . The fire was controlled in a short time and cooling works were carried out. The sycamore tree in the front garden of the building was partially burned because the wooden parts used and the elements of the interior, the roof and the electrical wiring were completely burned, the masonry parts and the plaster of the minaret were lost, in addition, the legal owner of the park could not be determined on the east facade of the mosque. damaged by burns ”
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THE MOSQUE IMAM: MY WIFE CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THE WOMEN’S SECTION WAS STARTING
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Istanbul’s Anatolian Prosecutor General’s Office, which launched an investigation into the crimes of “deliberately endangering general security by setting fire to public service” and “damaging property reserved for public service,” had taken statements from five people, including the Imam of the Mosque Mustafa Coşkun and his wife Havva Coşkun.
Mustafa Coşkun said he was in Şile on the day of the incident, “On the day of the incident, my wife called me around 11:00 and told me that there was a different smell in the house. Our house is the accommodation adjacent to the mosque. There is a women’s section under the lodgings. I asked Vahdettin Beyhan to check it. I couldn’t go because I had a job outside. Later when I called Zeki Memiş again, he told me that there was no problem. As a precaution, He said that the electric fuses in the women’s section of the mosque had been lowered. My wife called me at about 1:10 p.m. and told me that the women’s section started to burn. I quickly went to the mosque. I arrived at the mosque around 14:00. When I went, I saw that the firefighters were doing the cooling process. The mosque was unusable due to the fire. There is no heating system in the house. We requested natural gas, but it has not yet been connected. they stayed before us others heated with a stove. Chosen in the women’s section of the fire I think it is due to the Rikli underfloor heating system. I know there have been no problems with the heating system to date. I am the plaintiff and plaintiff if a suspicious situation is detected regarding the incident.
IMAM’S WIFE TAKES THE SCENT TWO HOURS AGO
Imam Mustafa Coşkun’s wife, Havva Coşkun, also stated that a different smell was coming from her house next to the mosque around 11:00 on the day of the incident and said: “I informed my wife by phone. Through the guard Mansion security officer in front of the mosque, the mansion technician, Vahdettin Beyhan. We entered the mosque with Vahdettin Bey. There was a different smell in the mosque. Vahdettin Bey lowered the electrical fuses in the women’s section as a precaution. More late afternoon, we left the mosque with Vahdettin Bey. We had breakfast with the children. After breakfast, I sent my son to the mosque to check him. When I heard a different smell, I wanted to go out and look. Meanwhile, I saw smoke rising from the bottom of the door of my house. When I left I saw that the fire started in the women’s section. My house is on top of the women’s section. I informed the people around. The staff of the mansion and the people who were fishing tried to put out the fire. 110 crew It is arrived at the place and extinguished the fire. “The house he lived in burned down along with his belongings.”
