Efforts are continuing to extinguish the fire that broke out in the evening in a forested area between the Gürsu TOKİ residential complex in the Gürsu İpekyolu neighborhood of Türkiye and the Ağlaşan neighborhood of Kestel district, APA reports citing Anadolu Agency.
Citizens are also supporting the intervention in the flames that are spreading rapidly due to the wind.
The air intervention has also started again with the dawn to bring the fire under control, which was continued continuously throughout the night with a staff of 1,777 people and 688 equipment.
3 helicopters and 3 firefighting aircraft included in the inventory of the General Directorate of Forestry are also continuing the air intervention.