70 out of 81 fire areas contained in Turkey

Turkish firefighters working to contain forest fires raging in the country have managed to localize 70 out of 81 fires.

Report informs citing TASS that such updated information was provided by the country’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli.

“Currently, 70 out of 81 fire areas are localized. Efforts to contain the blaze continue in Adana, Antalya, Izmir, Mersin, Mugla,” he wrote on Twitter.