As noted by the department in their social networks, the units of the defense department began to extinguish.
“Helicopters of our ground forces and aircraft belonging to the Turkish Air Force took up extinguishing the fire that occurred in the port of Iskenderun,” TASS quoted the statement.
Earlier, the ministry informed that the fire had already been extinguished, but subsequently changed this entry in their social networks.
On February 7, the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced that the Russian side would send a Be-200 aircraft to Turkey to extinguish a fire in the port of Iskenderun.