Wildfires, which swallowed Turkiye weeks, intensified overnight and represented direct threats for Bursa, the fourth largest city of the country, early on Sunday.
The overnightness of fires in the wooded mountains surrounding Bursa in the northwest of Turkiy has led to hundreds of people to fled their homes.
Mass evacuation of local residents
The Governor Bursa office confirmed on Sunday that 1,765 people were safely evacuated from villages to the northeast of the city, and said.
More than 1,100 firefighters tirelessly fought with flames, which also led to the closure of the motorway connecting Bursa with the capital Ankara. Orhan Saribal, an opposition member of the province, described the scene as an “apocalypse”.
Temporary delay in the middle of extensive devastation
While the lowering of the wind on Sunday morning offered firefighters some rest, television shots revealed a landscape transformed into ashes, where farms and pine forests once stood.
Firefighters continued their efforts to reduce the flames, informed etc.
The country was hit by dozens of fires a day since the end of June. Minister of Forestry Ibrahim Yamukli said the firefighting crews across the country on Saturday faced 76 independent plane.
Record temperatures stimulate crisis
Regular and intense fires are said to be driven by excessive temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds.
The General Directorate of Meteorology announced Turkiye the highest temperature of 50.5 ° C. In addition, the highest temperatures for July were also observed in 132 other places.
Yamukli said that the northwest of the country was under the greatest threat, including a carabiner, where fires are spreading since Tuesday.
Death and legal steps
In recent weeks, 13 people have died tragically, including 10 rescue volunteers and forest workers who were killed on Wednesday in a fire in Eskisehir, located in the western part of Turkiy.
Minister of Justice Yilmaz Tunc said late on Saturday that prosecutors investigated fires in 33 provinces since June 26 and added that legal steps were taken against 97 suspects.
The seriousness of fires led the government to declare two Western provinces, Izmir and Bilecik, disaster on Friday, the press agency reported.
(Tagstotranslate) Turkiye
