Wildfires grip forests in Turkish provinces

Maria Novoselova / Vestnik Kavkaza

Wildfires have gripsed forests in threee Turkish provinces of Hatay, Çanakkale and Mersin on July 16.

Aerial response to the wildfires in Hatay, Mersin and Çanakkale resumed in the morning.

Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said that they think that the fire in Hatay started because of the cleaning of the garden.

Due to the fire, some villages in Mersin and Çanakkale were evacuated as precaution.

Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that two people were detained in connection with the forest fire in Belen district of Hatay.

Yumaklı stated that 19 fires broke out yesterday, 16 of which were under control.

© Photo :Maria Novoselova / Vestnik Kavkaza
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