Following the outbreak of a wildfire, Turkey evacuates its residents

Following a wildfire, people living in summer cottages in Turkey’s Aliaga area in western Izmir province are being evacuated by land and sea.

Currently, six helicopters, four planes, 18 water sprinklers, and five construction machines are battling the fire.

Fires also broke out in the Menderes district of Izmir’s woodland and in the Dalyan region in the Ortaca district of southwestern Mugla province’s Dalyan region.