Fighting fires continues in Izmir! Flames advance to residential area
Interventions to forest fires in Çeşme, Buca and Ödemiş in İzmir continue.
3 NEIGHBORHOODS WERE EVACUATED IN ÇEŞMEFire extinguishing efforts in the Ildır neighborhood continued throughout the day. As the weather darkens, ground intervention continues.
Gendarmerie teams evacuated some residences in the Ildır Neighborhood as the flames approached the houses.
The fire started yesterday in an agricultural area in the Ildır Neighborhood and spread to the forest.
Three neighborhoods were evacuated due to the fire.
Aerial and land intervention continues in the fire that broke out yesterday in a forest area in the Ödemiş district of İzmir.
Efforts to control the fire, which started in the Tosunlar Neighborhood, Manastır area and spread to residential areas, continued at night.
As the weather brightened, weather elements also supported the fight against the flames.
The work is carried out with 2 planes, 9 helicopters, 35 water trucks, 9 water supply vehicles and 4 dozers affiliated with the Izmir Regional Directorate of Forestry.
Following the Tosunlar and Suçıktı neighborhoods, the Köseler neighborhood was also evacuated as a precaution. Many houses in the Tosunlar neighborhood were damaged.
Flames spread to the house of 81-year-old İbrahim Erkan in the Suçıktı Neighborhood. Bedridden Erkan, who was alone in the house, lost his life in the fire.
A fire broke out yesterday in a forested area in the Monastir area of Tosunlar Neighborhood in Ödemiş, and the Izmir Forestry Regional Directorate and fire brigade teams were dispatched to the area upon notification. The fire, which spread rapidly due to the wind, reached the Sucıktı Neighborhood, and Tosunlar and Sucıktı neighborhoods were evacuated as a precaution.
ANIMALS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE ALSO EVACUATEDAll of the cattle and sheep in the Köseler Neighborhood, which was evacuated in the morning hours, were also taken out of the neighborhood by trucks.
Citizens started to transport their animals by trucks to the live animal market facilities in Ödemiş district.
On the other hand, Üzümlü Neighborhood was also evacuated due to the fire growing rapidly due to the wind.
Citizens took their vehicles and belongings and fled the area.
THE FIRE IN BUCA HAS ALSO GROWEDA fire that broke out in a forest area in the Buca district of Izmir is being fought.
Upon notification of a fire in a forest area in Zafer Neighborhood, 3 planes, 3 helicopters, 16 water trucks, 3 water supply vehicles and a bulldozer belonging to the Izmir Regional Directorate of Forestry were dispatched to the region.
Crews are continuing their efforts to bring the fire under control.
As the weather darkened, night vision helicopters joined the extinguishing efforts.
While the teams continue their work with difficulty due to the strong winds in the region, citizens also support the extinguishing efforts.
Three forest workers who were affected by the smoke while responding to the fire were treated in ambulances in the region.
The Izmir-Aydin Highway was closed to traffic in both directions starting from the Kaynaklar and Toll Booth locations.
In addition, vehicles are not allowed to pass at the Kısıkköy junction of the Gaziemir-Torbalı highway.
TOMAs also started to intervene in the fire in this area.
2 PEOPLE IN CUSTODYOn the other hand, it was learned that the fire was caused by sparks that emerged as a result of the cutting of iron to be used in the ongoing construction in Zafer Neighborhood, Olduruk location, with a spiral machine.
It was reported that during this time, sparks first spread to the garbage dump accumulated in the area and from there to the forest area.
The gendarmerie detained two suspects for causing the fire.
The suspects' procedures at the gendarmerie are continuing.
Source: News Center/AA
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