Two-year-old nightmares return to Turkish resorts: huge forest fires blaze again around the famous resort of Marmaris. Planes and helicopters were involved in the extinguishing. At the same time, according to social networks, tourists vacationing in Marmaris have already begun to share footage of burning forests.
According to the available information, forest fires broke out on Friday in the vicinity of the resort of Marmaris. More than 20 fire trucks, as well as 4 helicopters and 5 aircraft are extinguishing the fire. At the same time, tourists post pictures of burning forests on social networks, that is, the fire is already within sight of tourist areas.
Recall that in 2021, forest fires “nightmare” Turkey for the entire end of the season, starting from the end of June . At that time, Turkey experienced more than 140 forest fires, mainly in resorts, both Antalya, where the main blow fell on Manavgat, and the resorts of Mugla province, Bodrum, Fethiye and Marmaris, which was then recognized as one of the most affected areas, were burning, saying that two a third of the forests in Marmaris have been destroyed by fires. Read the details at this link.
Tourists in Marmaris had to endure creepy adventures – burning palm trees on the territory of the hotel, evacuation to the lawn, ashes burning through towels – such details were told by a Russian woman from the town of Icmeler near Marmaris, which accounted for the main a blow of the fire element (read here).
And now the fire element has again come to the resorts of Turkey. This time – almost at the very beginning of the season.
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