Turkish authorities fight multiple wildfires, dousing successfully 31 of the 41 blazes so far, as scorching heat and winds complicate mission involving nearly 1,900 personnel, several planes and helicopters
Animals are seen amid smoke after a fire broke out in a forest in Manavgat district and reached Dolbazlar neighbourhood in southern Antalya province on July 29, 2021.
Officials also launched an investigation into suspicions that the fires that broke out Wednesday in four locations to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya were the result of arson. The fires affected a sparsely populated region about 75 kilometres east of Antalya –– a resort especially popular with Russian and other eastern European tourists.
"This suggests an arson attack, but we do not have clear information about that at this stage," Bocek said on Wednesday.Planes, helicopters engaged in mission The blazes also burst out in the southwestern province of Mugla and central provinces of Kirikkale and Kayseri.
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