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Wildfire reaches Turkey power plant, prompting evacuations
Authorities say its hydrogen tanks have been emptied By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, Associated Press
Published: August 4, 2021, 5:07pm
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4 Photos A nurse treats an exhausted Turkish volunteer as they fight wildfires in Turgut village, near tourist resort of Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country s southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires.(AP Photo/Emre Tazegul) (emre tazegul/Associated Press)
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People stand in front of Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant with the blaze approaching in the background, in Milas, Mugla, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganâs government is facing increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires that have left eight people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes.
Emre Tazegul
People stand in front of Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant with the blaze approaching in the background, in Milas, Mugla, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganâs government is facing increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires that have left eight people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes.
Turkey tries to save power plant from ‘unprecedented’ wildfires
By AFP - Aug 04,2021 - Last updated at Aug 04,2021
Emergency staff is seen in the vicinity of a fire near the Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant, at Oren in Milas, on Wednesday (AFP photo)
MILAS, Turkey Rescuers used helicopters and water cannon on Wednesday in a fitful fight to save a Turkish power plant from being engulfed by deadly wildfires testing the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
More than 180 wildfires have scorched huge swathes of forest and killed eight people since breaking out east of the Mediterranean vacation hotspot Antalya last on Wednesday and then spreading west.