At least 29 people have been killed after a fire broke out at a nightclub in central Istanbul.

The city governor's office said the fire broke out during daytime renovation work at a nightclub in the city's Gayrettepe district.

Firefighters and other first responders surrounded the charred and smoking entrance to the club, which occupies two floors underneath a 16-storey residential building.

The governor's office said one additional injured person was in critical condition at a hospital.

One additional injured person was in critical condition at a hospital

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said that three prosecutors are investigating the blaze and five people were ordered to be detained.

Local media reports that firefighters intervened with 31 vehicles and 86 personnel in the fire.

Footage posted by the Istanbul Fire Department on X shows crews attending to the scene with several fire engines surrounding the smoking entrance to the building.

One person can be seen being carried out of the wreckage in the clip.

Outside the nightclub in central Istanbul

Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, said on X: "May God have mercy on our citizens who lost their lives, and I wish a speedy recovery to our injured."