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The forest fire that broke out in the Bethlehem district of Hatay and spread to both neighborhoods in the İskenderun district was intervened by air and land.
Citizens, who saw smoke coming out of the forest area in the Sarımazı district of the Bethlehem district, informed the authorities.
Following the notification, teams from the Kahramanmaraş Regional Forestry Directorate sent a helicopter, a water tank, a water tank and a bulldozer to the region.
Some settlements were evacuated by security forces for precautionary reasons. A building and the vehicles in front of it were damaged by fire.
The flames spread to a warehouse area with the Şeker and İsmet İnönü neighborhoods in the İskenderun district. The Belen-Iskenderun highway was also closed to traffic due to a fire.
Firefighting work continues.
HATAY GOVERNANCE: “A FIRE GOES OUT AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION”
The Hatay governorate made a statement about the fire that broke out in the Sarımazi district forest area of the Belen district of Hatay. The fire was said to be caused by the explosion of the transformer.
In the written statement, “ On Friday, October 9, 2020, at 10:00 am, the Sarımazı Ward between the TOKI and Issume districts between the Iskenderun and Bethlehem districts, as a result of the transformer explosion in the area forestry near the settlements, is carried out by teams with planes, helicopters, sprinklers and bulldozers. Efforts continue to contain the fire, which grows with the effect of strong winds. Evacuation procedures have been started in residential areas at risk ”.
In addition, it was reported that firefighting efforts continued rapidly in order to control the fire, which manifested itself as having difficulties in aerial intervention due to the effect of strong winds.
CAN SABOTAGE
Speaking to NTV about the extinction efforts, Bethlehem District Mayor İBrahim Gül stated that evacuation processes from the district continue. “A transformer was thought of as the source of the fire. However, the outbreak of fire in different areas brought the possibility of sabotage. According to new information, a fire broke out in our district of Arsuz, which is the border of the district of Bethlehem.
