Turkish President Ibrahim Kalyn called the National Catastrophe Forest Fires in the south of Turkey, the prosecutor’s office leads a comprehensive investigation into their reasons, RIA Novosti reports.
“Forest fires are a national catastrophe. All our departments are in coordination intensive struggle with them. The prosecutor’s office comprehensively studies the causes of fires. Works will continue tirelessly,” Posted Kalyn in TWITTER.
On Wednesday, the Administration of the province of Antalya reported on the occurrence of a strong forest fire in the area of Manavgata. Due to the strong wind and the frying weather, the flame quickly spread to a large area. On Thursday, the fire in Manavgate was taken under control. Three people died, 122 were injured.
As Just Justice, the Minister of Rural and Forestry of Turkey Bekir Pakdemireli, five helicopters, one aircraft and 30 fire trucks participate in forest fire extinguishing in the area of the Marmairis resort. According to him, one of the hotels in Bodrum is evacuated, where the forest fire also rages.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the extinguishing of forest fires in the area of Akkei Province Antalya, the area of the province of Mersin, the Karaist region of Adana Province, the area of the province of Jewing and the area of Yahalya Cayseri province. In total, in the past two days, 41 forest fire occurred in 13 Turkish provinces, 31 of them are taken under control.