Turkey Battles Wildfires Amid Challenging Weather Conditions | World News
In the northwest, Türkiye is fighting multiple forest fires throughout the country with a renewed fire extinguishing pressure between intense flames and strong winds and high temperatures.
Presidential Communication Directorate said that on July 26, 84 forest fire broke out at the same time.
“Efforts in all fire areas, while cooling in some regions, took control of the majority of flames.”
The Xinhua News Agency exploded in two separate places on Saturday in the northwest Bursa province, and despite its initial limitation efforts, flames again on Monday, and the flames continued to rise intermittently in some regions.
Firefighters and inhabitants are struggling to completely control the fire among the challenging weather conditions. According to Bursa Municipality, approximately 3,000 hectares of land have been burned so far and a total of 3,515 people were released.
Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey described the situation as “one of the worst disasters of recent years”.
Bozbey, “Our lungs are burning – not only our forests, but also our hearts. We closely monitor the situation.” He said.
On Sunday, a firefighter died of a heart attack while fighting fire, and a water tanker that delivered materials to the fire zone was deviated from the road and three people were killed in Bursa.
In the midst of the investigations about the case of the fire in Bursa, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Monday that a man has fueled the suspicion of a swaddle because he was seen in the forest with a gasoline can behind his vehicle.
According to the latest reports, fire -fighting operations continue in the northern province of Karabuk, where the fire has been burned for six days and burned in the rocky land area. More than 2,000 hectares of land were burned in the region.
Kahramanmaras in the southeast region of about 500 hectares of land damage fire is burning.
Levent Yasa, a fire safety expert, emphasized the need for more deterrent for those responsible for starting stronger preventive measures and forest fires. “Even the smallest actions, such as throwing a cigarette butt from a car window or leaving the broken glass behind, can trigger great disasters in hot, dry conditions,” NTV News on the NTV News channel.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed the country’s full -scale reaction on Sunday and with resources caused by air and land.
“Türkiye is struggling against forest fires in the air and land, Erd Erdogan said on the social media platform of X on the front front.
Fires came in a record -breaking heat wave throughout Türkiye. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, temperatures remain above 6 to 12 degrees Celsius of seasonal norms.
On Sunday, thermometers exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in 47 provinces. On Friday, a country -wide temperature record was broken in the Silopi region of the Southeast Sirnak province and temperatures exceeded 50 degrees.
