Minister Yumaklı: 163 forest fires under control
Making a statement on his social media account, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said, "We have responded to 169 fires since yesterday and have completely brought 163 of them under control; the fires in Antalya's Kaş and Isparta's Eğirdir have also been completely brought under control."
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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı announced in a statement regarding the forest fires occurring across the country that 163 out of 169 fires have been brought under control.
Minister Yumaklı used the following expressions in his post on his social media account:
"Our fight against forest fires continues. Since yesterday, we have responded to 169 fires across our country, 110 of which were non-forest fires.
We have completely brought 163 of these fires under control.
Finally, the fires in Antalya's Kaş and Isparta's Eğirdir have also been completely brought under control.
As for the 6 fires continuing in 5 provinces; the fires in Mersin's Gülnar and Muğla's Seydikemer are largely under control. The intensity of the fires in Antalya's Alanya and Muğla's Fethiye has been reduced.
Our teams' aerial and ground interventions are continuing intensively to bring the fires in Aydın's Çine and Balıkesir's Gömeç under control."