Turkey battles wildfires for 3rd day near holiday resort

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Turkey battles wildfires for 3rd day near holiday resort

STORY: Turkey battles wildfires for 3rd day near holiday resort DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the wildfires at Mugla province of Turkey (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) STORYLINE: Turkey is continuing for the third-day battle against wildfires near the resort of Marmaris on the Aegean coast on Thursday, with hundreds of people ordered to evacuate. At least 247 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by wind-driven wildfires, Turkey's Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vahit Kirisci said at a joint press conference with Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. Kirisci said 3,000 hectares of land were affected by the blazes and 12 planes, 45 water-dropping helicopters and 2,600 personnel were involved in the firefighting. "I can say that now we are in a much better situation. This morning, air humidity has reached the level of 91 percent," Kirisci said. Wildfires erupted in several places on Tuesday evening in the Bordubet region near

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