Istanbul (CNN)Turkish firefighters were at the same location for three days near the Aegean coastal resort Marmaris. I was fighting a fire in my eyes. The area that was hitby the worst firein the history of the country last year.
Reuters footage shows smoke swirling from the hills as flames spread over the woodlands of less populated areas and helicopters and planes drop water on the flames all day long. Was there.
Police used a water cannon to help the firefighters when they tried to put out the fire that started around 8 pm. It affected more than 8,400 acres (3,400) hectares of land on Tuesday local time.
More than 1,100 vehicles, 61 helicopters and 13 aircraft were deployed for firefighting operations on Friday.
Turkey's Interior Minister Suleiman Soil said he admitted that one had been detained and set fire to the forest from frustration due to family problems. Anadolu, a state news agency, reports that he was found in the woods with two cans of petrol.
The flames are being fueled by strong winds in the region, and Forestry and Agriculture Minister Vahit Kirisci told reporters Friday that "high temperatures and winds as of this afternoon" will increase.
"We are fighting time before the expected wind," a spokesman for the Mula Forest Office told journalists on Friday.
Health Minister Faletin Coca said late Thursday that 29 people were affected by the fire and two were still being treated in the hospital. Approximately 274 people have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, officials said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been criticized for not being ready to fight the 2021 fire, especially due to a shortage of planes and helicopters.
Kemal Kılıdarır, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said Wednesday that the government was "incompetent" and had not strengthened its post-fire preparations last year. ..
