Hundreds evacuated by sea as wildfire reaches Turkish power plant
The fires strength and scale have exposed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to days of criticism
By Kadir Demir and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul
August 5, 2021 04:20 BST
Turkish rescuers on Thursday began evacuating hundreds of villagers by sea after a deadly wildfire engulfed the outer edges of a thermal power plant storing thousands of tonnes of coal.
An AFP team saw firefighters and police fleeing the 35-year-old Kemerkoy plant in the Aegean province of Mugla as bright balls of orange flame tore through the surrounding hills.
Turks react to the deadly fires that have been raging in Turkey for several days. The nation of 84 million has been transfixed in horror as the most destructive wildfires in generations erase pristine forests and rich farmland across swaths of Turkey s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. Photo: AFPTV / Kadir DEMIR
Deadly wildfires reach Turkish power plant, sparking evacuations
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