Fire Fighters Battle to Control Wildfires in Turkey

Fire crews in Turkey battled wildfires across the districts of Antalya and Kahramanmaraş on July 24.

The Turkish General Directorate of Forestry reported crews were working across Kemer, Kaş, Tağıl, Manisa and Dulkadiroğlu.

“We are fighting with all our might to control the fires,” the Turkish General Directorate of Forestry wrote in a tweet containing the video.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier stated his country was ready to do whatever it could to help neighboring Greece fight raging wildfires, especially on the island of Rhodes. Credit: Orman Genel Mudurlugu via Storyful

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