It is noted that the fire started in the Icmeler quarter and began to quickly approach the residential area.
It is clarified that people were evacuated for preventive purposes, there is no immediate threat of fire in hotels.
According to the Russian Consulate General in Antalya, about 100 Russians who were on vacation in Bodrum will be temporarily accommodated in other hotels.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan the situation with forest fires in Turkey.