There are already six people killed by the

dozen fires that devastate southern and western

Turkey, after the Turkish authorities confirmed this Saturday the

death of two firefighters

who were trapped yesterday in their tanker in the southern province of

Antalyaen

.

The flames trapped a fire truck with four workers yesterday afternoon in the municipality of

Manavgat

, where a fire has spread since Wednesday that has destroyed large areas of forests and agricultural land.

Two firefighters were unable to get out of the vehicle, while two others managed to get out and were injured, and are still admitted to the hospital today, although it is expected that they will be discharged shortly, reports the Turkish daily

Hürriyet

.

The

dead bodies of the two trapped firefighters

were found in the vehicle today, bringing the death toll in Turkey to six, five of them registered in Manavgat, according to a tally by the Turkish agency

Anadolu

.

The fires affect the entire Mediterranean coast of Turkey, from Hatay on the Syrian border to the coastal provinces of the Aegean Sea, with outbreaks in the tourist areas of

Marmaris

and

Bodrum

.

Today authorities had to briefly close the road between Marmaris and Datça, a popular summer destination, to traffic and in Bodrum, the flames have approached 150 meters from the city, reports the daily

Hürriyet

.

The

high temperatures in the eastern Mediterranean

, approaching 40 degrees in southern Turkey and will continue or even rise in the coming days, facilitate the spread of fires.

The opposition has reproached the Government for the lack of preventive measures and the

shortage of tanker aircraft, supplied in part by aircraft from Russia and Ukraine

that help in the extinction efforts.

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