August 05, 2021 A thermal power plant in southern Turkey was evacuated on Wednesday as flames from raging wildfires approached it. Courtesy file photo
ANKARA A thermal power plant in southern Turkey was evacuated on Wednesday as flames from raging wildfires approached it.
Images posted online by the mayor of Milas, Muhammet Tokat, showed the fire at the gates of the plant.
Local authorities had earlier said the hydrogen tanks used to cool the plant, which runs on oil and coal, had been emptied and filled with water as a precaution.
The fire was initially brought under control earlier in the day by two water-bombing planes and helicopters, which poured water on nearby wooded peaks and residential areas. But the flames returned in the afternoon.
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