Huge Fire Destroys Vanikoy Mosque in Istanbul (Video)

Massive fire broke out, on Sunday, in the Vanikoy Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, according to Associated Press.

Firefighters have made desperate attempts, from land and sea, to extinguish the fire, trying to prevent the blaze from reaching the forest behind the mosque, and neighboring houses along the Bosphorus.

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The photos showed thick smoke billowed from the building. However, the cause of the fire is still unknown.

The "Vanikoy Mosque", built in the 17th century during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, is located on the Asian side of Istanbul, along the Bosphorus. The historic mosque is a wooden structure with one minaret.