Wildfires in the Manavgat and Gundogmus districts of Turkey’s Antalya province have been brought under control.
The Minister of Forestry and Agriculture, Bekir Pakdemirli announced on Friday.
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A forest fire broke out in Manavgat on July 29 and then spread to all of Turkey’s southern provinces, experiencing heat and strong winds for over a week.
“The fires in Manavgat and Gundogmus were brought under control,’’ Pakdemirli wrote on Twitter. (Sputnik/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)