This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.
Ankara, Turkey: Five people were killed, and 44 others injured of whom 10 are in critical condition as a result of the wildfires that went ablaze in areas in southeast Turkiye overnight, according to the Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca in a post on X account.
Koca pointed out that the fires were controlled by virtue of the efforts made by firefighters, adding that the cooling efforts are still ongoing.
Also, teams from Turkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, Forest Regional Directorates, alongside 112 emergency health teams were dispatched to participate in fire suppression efforts.
For his part, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the fire started late on Thursday, when a stubble burns some 30 kilometers south of Diyabakir spread rapidly due to strong winds, affecting five villages.
