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Forest fire in Muğla brought under control in 7 hours
The forest fire that broke out on Sept. 14 in the Aegean province of Muğla's Ula district took seven hours to extinguish, thanks to the efforts of firefighting personnel battling fires from both land and air, the provincial governor's office has announced.
Wildfire rages in Bordeaux; fire pilot killed in Portugal
Strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters' efforts Saturday to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region for a fifth straight day, one of several wildfires scorching Europe this week.
Some 4,500 hectares of land burned in Marmaris wildfires
Some 4,500 hectares of green lands have been turned to ashes by the wildfires that took five days of massive efforts in the Aegean province of Muğla's Marmaris district before being put out completely.
The first wildfires in the country this summer started late on June 21 in the Börtübed neighborhood as an arsonist set fires in three locations inside the Calabrian pine forests.
Big wildfire forces evacuations near Turkish Marmaris resort
More than a thousand firefighters, aided by water-dropping planes and helicopters, on June 22 battled a wildfire that erupted overnight near a popular resort in southwestern Türkiye forcing dozens of home evacuations.
Four tanker planes added to ‘firefighting fleet’ after maintenance
Türkiye's national body on aviation activities, Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK), has made four CL-215 type amphibious tanker planes ready to combat wildfires and added them to the country's "firefighting fleet" after a long maintenance.
‘Forest commandos’ to take action against wildfires in Turkey
Turkey, which has held the country's biggest wildfire exercises in four provinces with 5,000 personnel, will fight the wildfires with nearly 500 experts who officials call the "forest commandos" for their advanced training on wildfires.
Large fire in progress in downtown Thessaloniki (video-photos)
Firefighters are on the scene
‘Forests burned in summer of 2021 replanted’
Forests and lands that were reduced to ashes as a result of the extreme wildfires that engulfed the southern province of Antalya and the southwestern province of Muğla in the summer of 2021 have been replanted in less than a year, daily Milliyet has reported.
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Thessaloniki: Fire at Papanikolaou hospital – One dead (video-photos) (Upd.2)
Smoke in the interior of the building – “Patient set fire”, says the director of the clinic
New details of the fire in the area of the Infectious Diseases Clinic PHOTO
Moreover, one person was injured and transported to the Military Medical Academy (VMA).
38 firefighters with 10 vehicles took part in extinguishing the fire in the area of the Infectious Diseases Clinic, and the firefighting team was on duty, because it was becoming possible for the fire to reappear. It is unknown at this time what caused the fire.