A large forest fire broke out in the Turkish Mediterranean region of Antalya, reports the Turkish TV channel Cienen-Türk concerning BTA.
The causes of the fire, which started around 2:00 p.m. near the Kash resort, are not yet known.
Many fire engines and two helicopters were dispatched to the area to extinguish the fires.
Work on extinguishing the flames continues.
Meanwhile, Turkish authorities said members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are continuing to set fire to forests in Turkey. Antalya police said on Sunday that a suspect with the initials AK, who was ordered by the PKK to set fire to a forest in the area, was captured in the Mediterranean area.
Between 2012 and 2021, fires in Turkey burned more than 226,000 hectares of forest, with more than 60 percent of these losses occurring in 2021. According to the General Directorate of Forestry, more than 27,000 forest fires have occurred in the country over the last decade.