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Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, made a statement about the fires that broke out across the country. Pakdemirli today that the 24 fires broke out in Turkey, of which 13 had been controlled, eight of them extinguished, said 3 continued.
Pakdemirli arrived in the Ballıöz neighborhood in Antakya with the governor of Hatay, Rahmi Doğan, and the director general of the forest, Bekir Karacabey, and received information about the fire.
Pakdemirli makes a statement to journalists here today that the 24 fires occurred in Turkey, of which 13 had been controlled, eight extinguished, he noted that 3 continued.
Stating that one of the fires occurred in Kahramanmaraş Andırın, the other in İzmir Kınık, and another in Hatay Samandağ, Pakdemirli said the other fires were relatively better than here.
Pakdemirli, stating that the fire in Hatay broke out near the Yeniköy district yesterday at 10:40 a.m. and intervened within 10 minutes, said:
“We got to the current point about the fire because the wind changes direction and makes continuous jumps, the terrain conditions are really rough and of course the climate is very dry in meteorological conditions. Now the fire has reached the districts of Antakya , İçmeler, Kisecik and Karlısu. Of course, you won’t be able to fly for the next several hours, but we intervened with 2 planes, 12 helicopters, 182 sprinklers, 24 earthmoving machines, 45 technicians, and a total of 792. First, let’s say that we have no casualties. A precautionary evacuation was carried out, especially on the margins of our neighborhood. “
“THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT THREATS AROUND THE AGREEMENTS”
Pakdemirli stated that his main objective here will be to take full control of the fire by surrounding the fire after ensuring complete security of the settlements, emphasizing that there is no significant threat to the settlements at this time, and that teams are located around The settlements.
Expressing that the work will continue all night, Pakdemirli, “I gave instructions at first light in the morning, our water launch vehicles, aircrafts, helicopters and planes will take off half an hour before dawn and we will continue to intervene in the fire. In this fight that takes place in difficult terrain conditions, I hope that Let’s aim for a significant distance until morning. ” said.
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