We are responding to four separate forest fires in Antalya, Adana and Mersin.
Efforts to control the fires that broke out in two separate points in Antalya's Aksu district and Adana's Kozan district and in Mersin's Bozyazı district continue.
Here are the latest developments from forest fire regions…
The fire, which started in the forest area in Antalya's Aksu and Kepez districts yesterday evening and spread over a wide area, is being intervened by air and land.
Due to the fire, the Northern Ring Road and the section of the Antalya-Isparta highway from Antalya center to the Northern Ring Road were closed to traffic as a precaution.
The road was opened to traffic in a controlled manner in the morning.
The teams intervened in the fire, which continued to affect a large area around the Karaöz, Hatipler, Yeşilkaraman, Kızıllı and Çamlıca neighborhoods, with water pumps and work machines throughout the night.
The fire reached all the way to the Antalya-Isparta highway, and the flames were prevented from crossing the highway with the intensive intervention of the teams.
Fighting the fire from the air began at the first light of the morning. In addition to 5 planes and more than 10 helicopters, 110 water trucks and more than 600 personnel are participating in the work.
Teams are continuing their efforts to control the fire.
Efforts are continuing to control the fire, which started in Toptaş District of Antalya's Kumluca district and spread to Güzören District under the influence of strong wind. The local people also supported the extinguishing efforts, which were carried out by many teams from the air and on the ground, with their own resources. In the area affected by the fire, some houses and greenhouses caught in the middle of the flames were burned and damaged. Some citizens in the settlements evacuated by the gendarmerie teams took their animals and moved away from the area by their own means. Ramazan Tosun (65), who tried to take his 15 goats away from the fire area with his wife, said, "I am taking the animals to the football field in Toptaş Neighborhood. The goats were in the fire area. They said, 'Take your goats, leave the neighborhood without buying anything else.'"
One of the forest fires that broke out at two points in Adana's Kozan district was taken under control by air and land intervention.
A forest fire broke out in the rural area of Doğanalanı District for an unknown reason.
Due to the fire that spread to Enizçakırı District, 112 vehicles and 476 personnel, including 3 planes, 9 helicopters, 2 UAVs, 1 Anti-riot Response Vehicle (TOMA), 55 water tankers, 14 water tankers, 4 first response vehicles, 7 work machines, 2 fire trucks, were dispatched to the region.
While the teams were continuing to intervene in the fire, smoke rose from the forest area in the Dağılcak area of Düzağaç District for an unknown reason.
The teams directed to the region took the flames under control by intervening from the air and land.
Teams continue their work to control the fire, which started in the rural area of Doğanalanı District and spread to the area in Enizçakırı District.
40 HOUSES WERE EVACUATED
In the statement made by the Governorship, it was reported that efforts are continuing to control the ongoing fire in Enizçakırı District.
The statement stated that 40 houses in Enizçakırı District were evacuated as a precaution and the following was noted:
"The forest fires that occurred in Karaisalı district Çorlu District, Feke district Mansurlu District and Kozan district Düzağaç District Dağılcak location have been taken under control, the efforts to extinguish and cool the fires are continuing, and it is evaluated that approximately 132 hectares of forest area was damaged in these fires. Research and investigation into the causes of the fires has been initiated and is continuing."
