According to the ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Yuri Brazhnikov, a similar fire occurred in Turkey in August 1999, the fire was at the facility of the Tyuprash concern.
Then the fire was defeated with the help of three Russian Il-76 tanker aircraft, they shot down the flames with a “water blow”.
The current fire in the port of Iskenderun could also be extinguished with a "water hammer", he said.
Earlier, the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced the dispatch of a Be-200 aircraft to Turkey to extinguish a fire in the port of Iskenderun.