Five people died and 44 were injured in a massive wildfire in southeastern Turkey, officials said.
This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA shows dead goats next to a building after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. – Five people died and dozens were hurt as a huge wildfire swept through several villages in the Kurdish southeastern Turkey overnight, the health minister said on June 21.
Dramatic overnight images on social media showed flames raging over a large area, lighting up the night sky. An AFP reporter in Koksalan village in Diyarbakir province saw around 100 animals lying dead on the ground.A local vet confirmed around half the flock had died, without giving a precise number, telling AFP many others were being treated for burns.
Turkey has experienced 74 wildfires so far this year, which have ravaged 12,910 hectares of land, according to the European Forest Fire Information System .
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