Most forest fires in the province of Antalya in the south of Turkey are localized, the exception is only the district of Ibradi, said the head of Turkey Foreign Ministry Mevlyut Chavushoglu in the city of Manavgat (Antalya Province).
According to the Turkish minister, the authorities of the country under the leadership of President Erdogan are taking intensive efforts to eliminate the effects of natural disaster, reports Anadolu.
Chavushoglu also reported that another group of firefighters from Azerbaijan was sent to Turkey. According to the minister, 40 fire trucks and 162 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan have already entered the Turkish territory through Georgia.
The Minister added that Kazakhstan will send Turkey to fight forest fires 2 helicopters and 16 firefighters.