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The Political Machine Feeding Turkey’s Wildfires
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Fires are raging again on Thursday in the Turkish tourist province of Izmir, driven by changing winds, at more than 85 km/h, which complicate the work of firefighters, according to local officials.
The Political Machine Feeding Turkey’s Wildfires
Pink smoke tore through blue skies, as families, lulled by their day at the beach, drove home from the resort town of Cesme, on the Aegean coast in Izmir province, on Aug. 17, 2024. Less than an hour later, they stopped their cars along the road leading to a massive wall of fire, powerlessly watching as the agitated amber beast devoured the flank of the mountain to which it was spreading. “Where are the helicopters?” one baffled onlooker in a su…
Since Thursday, the flames are raging near Izmir, Turkey. Nearly 50,000 people have been evacuated and firefighters are struggling to control the fires Two fires are raging on Thursday since the
The two burning homes on Wednesday night threaten power grids, homes and farms, and no victims have yet been reported.
The air and land teams continue to intervene in the forest fires that broke out in the Çeşme and Ödemiş districts of İzmir. It was reported that 80-year-old bedridden patient İbrahim Erkan lost his life in Ödemiş.
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