Brit Girl, 6, Burned Alive At Timeshare Resort

A BRITISH girl was burned alive when a prop exploded during a fire-eating act at a holiday timeshare resort.

Eden Galvani-Skeete, six, was engulfed in flames in front of her mum and other tourists.

Three other British children and several adults were injured when a fireball shot into the crowd.

Some leaped into a pool to douse their blazing clothes — but chlorine in the water made their skin blister even more severely.

Fire-eater Tahir Akalin, who was unlicensed, will be quizzed by cops on suspicion of causing death or injury as a result of negligence when he has recovered.

Eden, from Ilford, East London, was on holiday with mum Helen Zachariou and an aunt at the Gemini Park timeshare resort in Altinkum, Turkey.

She was among up to 40 guests watching Akalin in a bar and restaurant.

When a baton he used as a prop failed to light, a passing waiter doused it with ethyl alcohol Akalin used in his act, causing the blast. Eden was rushed to hospital, where she died.

Injured sisters Shona, and Sarah Hunter, 13, from Carlisle, Cumbria, were still there yesterday where mum Kathryn was keeping vigil. Another British child was still in hospital, but all the adults had been released.

One witness, named Mustafa, said: “When the fire-eater appeared on stage many children ran to the front for a better view, as the timeshare resort was packed.

“When the waiter tipped the bottle of alcohol on the baton and there was a huge explosion.

“Flames tore into children and adults standing nearby and their clothes caught fire. They were screaming from the pain and terror. They looked like they had been in a bomb blast.”

Mustafa, who was selling timeshare at the Aegean Sea resort, added: “One little girl was lying motionless. Her body was charred from head to foot.”

Neighbours near Eden’s Ilford home — which had a bunch of pink roses outside — described her as “bright and bubbly”.

One said her mum, also known as Ellie, went to see them on her return home.

She said: “She was crying and whispered, ‘My darling Eden has been taken’. She told us Eden bore the full brunt of the explosion.”

Shona and Sarah’s dad Mark Hunter, 42, said: “Sarah has second degree burns to 30 per cent of her body. The backs of her legs are badly burned and she is in a lot of discomfort.

“Shona suffered burns to her legs and a burn right across the left side of her face. They just really want to go home.”

The timeshare resort is run by Premier Homes, a Turkish-based company run by UK businessmen. Some timeshare flats belong to holiday firm Seasons based in Laugharne, Carmarthen.

Managing director Michael Foundly said: “We’re shocked.”