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Turkey Wildfires: Popular Tourist Resort Faces 'Apocalyptic' Scenes as Locals Flee Homes - The Mirror
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Some 2,300 firefighters and rescue workers fought the flames on Sunday. More than 3,500 people had to be evacuated from the area. Another fire has been resisting for five days in the north of the country.
Huge flames engulfed forest areas near residential areas in Bursa, with smoke covering the sky above the city.
Forest fires that have been raging in Turkey for weeks have surrounded the country's fourth-largest city, Bursa. 1,700 people have been forced to flee their homes and another firefighter has died. Meanwhile, Greece, which is also battling the fires, has asked the EU for help.
Turkey wildfires: Popular tourist resort faces 'apocalyptic' scenes as locals flee homes - The Mirror
Bursa, in Turkey, has been surrounded by wildfires forcing almost 2,000 people to flee their homes, while a firefighter has died battling the blazes - which have been raging since late June
At least four people have died in wildfires in the western Turkish province of Bursa, the Hurriyet daily reported. The blaze, which has been ravaging regions of the country since early July, has already claimed at least 17 lives. The blaze has begun to threaten built-up areas.
ESTAMBUL, July 27. —The forest fires that have punished Türkiye for weeks threatened the country’s fourth largest city on Sunday, after causing two deaths and forcing more than 3,500 people to flee their homes, reports the AP agency. Meanwhile, firefighters in neighbouring countries of Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro also fought fires fuelled by unusually high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds. Flames in the forested mountains surrou…
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