Authorities blocked the highway between Selcuk and the resort of Kusadasi. The Ministry of Defense sent an additional five helicopters to assist firefighters.
Forest fires have engulfed three Turkish provinces, and the highway between the city of Silcuk and the resort of Kusadasi has been blocked. CNN Turk and TRT Haber reported this on Saturday, June 29.
“The first fire started in the area of the village of Karacadag in the province of Izmir at about 13.00 local time the Turkish Ministry of Defense sent an additional five helicopters to help the firefighters were evacuated,” reported journalists.
According to the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 16 forest fires were registered in Izmir alone in the first half of the day on June 29.
“Fires occurred in the forest zone in the regions of Karakadag, Menderes, Cesme, Menemen, Selcuk, Torbaly and others Aviation, water carriers and bulldozers were involved in extinguishing the fire, almost 1 thousand people were involved in the work ,” officials informed.
It is indicated that houses and two hotels in the Bayraklidede area have been evacuated due to the threat of the fire spreading under the influence of the wind. Vacationers were accommodated in other hotels nearby. In addition, the municipal animal shelter in Selcuk was evacuated.
Selcuk Mayor Filiz Cheritoglu Sengel told CNN Turk that the authorities have no information about the possible causes of the fire.
In Canakkale province, fire engulfed farmland in the Ezini region, and rescuers evacuated several villages.
Forests are also burning in the provinces of Bursa, Edirne, Balikessir, Karaman and Kahramanmaraş.
Officials are not ruling out arson.
We remind you that at the pier of the Croatian town of Medulin, 22 ships burned in a big fire that broke out on the night of May 14.
A massive fire that broke out at an amusement park in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Saturday killed at least 20 people.
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