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Forest fires in the latest case of transfer of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli today that the 24 fires in Turkey, 13 of them were brought under his control, he has announced that eight of them put out completely. Pakdemirli noted that 3 of the fires still continue and extinguishing works continue.
“WE HAVE NO LOSS OF LIVES IN HATAY FIRE”
On the other hand, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, who came to Hatay to follow the forest fire that broke out in the Samandağ district of Hatay and spread to the Antakya district, claimed that there was no loss of life in the fire. ongoing and that the intervention continued. Noting that a part of Antakya’s Kisecik Neighborhood has been evacuated, Minister Pakdemirli noted that the intervention will continue with planes at first light in the morning.
Emphasizing that the fire spread due to wind, hot weather and rugged terrain conditions, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said: “Today we are here to give information about the fire in Hatay. 24 A fire broke out across Turkey today. 13 of these fires are under control, 8 of them are completely extinguished, 3 of them continue. One is the Kahramanmaraş Andırın fire, another is the İzmir Kınık fire, and the other is the Hatay Samandağ fire. Other fires are relatively better than here. The fire that broke out at 10:40 a.m. near Yeniköy, Samandağ district of Hatay was intervened in 10 minutes. Of course, we got to the current point of the fire because the fire changes direction frequently, the wind changes direction and makes continuous jumps, the ground conditions are really rough, and of course the climate is very dry in weather conditions. Now the fire has reached the İçmeler, Kisecik and Karlısu districts in the Antakya district. Subject to the fire, he cannot fly in the following hours, but we intervened with 2 planes, 12 helicopters, 182 sprinklers, 24 work machines, 45 technicians and a total of 792 people ”.
Stating that the settlements were not damaged by the fire, only 2 pens were slightly damaged, Minister Pakdemirli said: “Let’s say we don’t lose our lives because it is close to the settlements. In the Yaylacık and Kisecik neighborhoods, a haystack was damaged a bit and they were also intervened. A preventive evacuation was carried out in one of our neighborhoods, especially on the margins. Our main objective here will be to contain and control the fire after ensuring the complete security of the settlements. Currently, we do not have a significant threat to the settlements. Our friends fanned out around the settlements. Hopefully the work continues throughout the night, I gave instructions with the first lights of the morning, we will continue to intervene in the fire taking off approximately half an hour before dawn with our throwing vehicles, airships, helicopters and light aircraft. I hope that we will try to advance significantly until morning in the fight that is taking place on difficult terrain, ”he said.
EXAMINED THE BURNING ZONES
The teams continue to work to control the forest fire that broke out in the Ballıöz neighborhood in Hatay’s Antakya district and grew with the effect of the wind. Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, arrived in the region and received information from the authorities about the forest fire and conducted examinations.
