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The forest fire, which is believed to have started due to the transformer explosion at 10.15 yesterday, in a region close to the residential area between the rural Sarımazı district of the Bethlehem district, TOKİ and İssume, quickly spread due to the strong wind.
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Difficulty was also experienced in the aerial intervention of the fire, since the strong winds made work difficult. Many neighborhoods were evacuated due to the fire that also threatened the settlements.
Police teams made announcements to evacuate some houses and remove vehicles in Sarımazı district. Citizens who left their homes and got into their vehicles left the area.
The flames spread to a factory in the Nardüzü neighborhood of the Arsuz district with some houses and businesses. On the one hand, the teams that intervened in the forest fire, on the other hand, extinguished the fire that spread to the settlements.
With the effect of the wind, the fire in the Bethlehem district spread to the countryside of the İskenderun district.
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‘CASH IN THE FIELD OF 300-400 HECTARS’
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said in a statement about the Hatay fire at the Fire Management Center that the blaze was effective in an area of 300 to 400 hectares.
Minister Pakdemirli claimed that the crews were fighting both the fire and the wind that was blowing at 70 kilometers per hour, and that a firefighting plane suffered a small crush and the water intake cover was not working properly. Noting that the fire also affected the residential area, Minister Pakdemirli noted that 7 floors, 11 single-family homes, 14 workplaces, 8 factories, 4 vehicles, 3 warehouses, 35 beehives and 70 citizens affected.
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THE AIR RESPONSE BEGINS
The aerial intervention, which was carried out with difficulty due to yesterday’s strong winds and was suspended in the afternoon, resumed with the first lights of the morning.
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The fire was claimed to be effective in the Karahüseyinli and Nergizlik regions between the Bethlehem and İskenderun districts for the time being. Studies continue from the air and the ground. (DHA)
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