Turkey is battling wildfires in eight provinces across the country.
The firefighters are working to extinguish the forest fires in western Kütahya and Manisa, and southern Mersin provinces that were broke out at the weekend, Diken news website reported.
The blazes in western Uşak and Aydın, southwestern Muğla, southern Adana and eastern Bingöl provinces have been brought under control, Diken said on Monday.
A series of blazes that broke out in Turkey in July last summer destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in its Mediterranean and Aegean provinces, in what became the country’s worst wildfires on record. The blazes killed eight people and burned down a total of 83,810 hectares (207,099 acres) of forest, according to Gebze Technical University researchers.
Efforts to put out the wildfires that have spread due to windy conditions, continue from the air and ground, Diken said, citing officials.
Last year, the Turkish government came under severe public criticism for its perceived failure to control the fires and for failing to purchase and maintain fire-fighting assets such as aircraft and helicopters.
