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The 2020 wildfires were a series of forest fires that broke out in several areas across Turkey throughout 2020. In the first ten months of the year, a total of 16,441 ha (40,630 acres) of forestland was destroyed in 2,957 recorded wildfires.
Evacuations were ordered in the southern Turkish district of Manavgat on July 28 after multiple fires scorched dozens of hectares of forest, local media reported.According to Manavgat mayor Sukru ...
"The traffic at Dardanelles was suspended for both directions on Tuesday at 18:45 (1545 GMT) hours due to the aircraft intervening in the forest fire in the region by safely taking water from the ...
Forest fires in the southern Turkish province of Antalya forced evacuations of residents in the Manavgat district, local media reported on July 28.At least two fires broke out in Manavgat on ...
The 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Below is an ongoing list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2023. Africa
2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). [12] 2007 Greek forest fires were
Turkish authorities battling the country's worst ever wildfires have been accused of failing to prepare for the threat after official data showed they spent only a fraction of the modest funds ...
Marmaris forest fire in 2021 Burning coal, petrol, diesel and natural gas is putting far more carbon dioxide into the air than forests can take out. Although forests cover 23 million (almost 30%) [18] of Turkey's 78 million ha, 3 million ha have less than 10% crown cover, [3]: 301 and almost 10 million ha were degraded forest as of 2020.