A fierce Forest fire hit a Türkiye For two days, in the province of Eskiehir. Ten dead were already registered, all members of the Fire Department.
“We live a deep sadness for the loss of these heroic forest workers,” said the deputy of the government Justice and Development Party (AKP) Nebi Hatipoglu.
The official added that “unfortunately, there are no words to describe our pain” and that the deceased died when fighting the flames in the municipality of SeyitgaziProvince of Eskiehir.
A forest fire hits Türkiye
The fire originated three days ago in several provinces of the Northwest of Türkiye and spread to the east, reaching the Seyitgazi district fueled by strong winds.
Although on Wednesday morning the authorities reported that the fire had been controlled, The changing bursts and the virulence of the flames complicated the extinction work and caught several forest brigades in a cave.
According to the NTV chain, injuries were also registered and some of them are hospitalized. Fire flames spread easily in the middle of a prolonged drought, aggravated by the intense heat wave that hit the region these days.
Temperatures greater than 40 degrees
He Turkey Meteorology Service (MGM) on Wednesday predicted temperatures up to 44 degrees in some provinces of the region of the Aegeanand up to 45 degrees in the southeast of Anatoliasaid the Swissinfo.ch medium.
The death of forest workers occurs on the same day that the Turkish gendarmerie stopped 23 suspected people of having caused forest firessaid Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikayawho asked the most careful population to the high risk of fire in the middle of the current cannula.
According to the note, in most cases the flames were unleashed in an unintentious way, by recklessness. According to eThe European Forest Fire Information Systemso far this year in Türkiye almost 50,000 hectares have been burned.
Source: Ambito
