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Firefighter Dies as Forest Fire Rages in Turkey
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Turkey is hit by an unprecedented heat wave. Mercury reached a historic level at 50.5°C on Friday 25 July in Silopi. A heat wave that will continue this week with 40 to 45°C in Central Anatolia and 45 to 50°C announced in the southeast Tuesday 29 July. While heat waves favour forest fires, several fires are ravaging part of the country. Several outbreaks threaten Bursa, the country's fourth largest city.
Nineteen villages had to be evacuated to the Safranbolu region, and more than 3,500 people around Bursa. ...
Uncontrollable forest fires are raging in the north-west Turkish region of Bursa. There are fatalities in the extinguishing work.
The devastation is biblical: The fires have already destroyed over 7,413 acres of forest and farmland around the city.
Mediterranean Region Battles Wildfires
Firefighters across Türkiye and Bulgaria are intensely battling widespread blazes as a deadly heatwave grips much of the Mediterranean for a second consecutive week. In Türkiye, officials report at least 14 deaths in the past week and the evacuation of approximately 20 villages. Temperatures in some areas, like Silopi in southeastern Türkiye, reached a record-breaking 50.5 degrees Celsius (123 Fahrenheit) on Friday, with forecasts predicting con…
Turkey, Bulgaria and Portugal are still battling large-scale wildfires. Turkey's fourth-largest city, Bursa, in the northwest of the country, where four people died fighting a blaze on Sunday, is also threatened, according to Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli. Athens said on Monday that there were no other active outbreaks in Greece, but warnings were still in place in some regions.
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