Two firefighting planes of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine flew to Turkey on July 30 to extinguish forest fires that broke out on July 28 near the city of Manavgat (Antalya province) and spread to the territory of Osmaniye, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Adana, Mersin and Mugla provinces. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
Currently, the total area of fires is more than 1 square meters. 500 hectares. As a result of the fires, four people died and 183 were injured, 58 of them were hospitalized, more than 100 private houses and buildings were damaged. Rescue services have taken control of 36 forest fire outbreaks, 20 outbreaks are still being extinguished. Extinguishing the fire is complicated by strong wind and hot weather.
To help Turkish firefighters, according to the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Disaster Prevention and Emergency Management and Liquidation of Their Consequences signed in February 2020, Ukraine is sending two crews of An-32P firefighting aircraft with a support group. These are experienced specialists who were previously involved in the elimination of large-scale fires in mountain areas in Montenegro, Israel and Georgia.
