Turkey battles wind-driven wildfire near resort for 3rd day

ANKARA, 24 June 2022, (TON): Firefighting crews battle for a third day a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened swaths of pine forest near a popular resort in southwestern Turkey and driven dozens of people from their homes.

More than 2,500 firefighters, aided by water-dropping planes and helicopters, were deployed to fight the blaze that erupted on Tuesday in the Bordubet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean Sea coast.

The blaze spread rapidly, fanned by winds.

According to the office of the mayor for the Mugla region “fires were raging in three locations around Bordubet, but had been brought under control at a fourth location.”

The municipality said “Authorities have evacuated close to 275 people from the area as a precaution.”

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