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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