6 hours agoFires threaten Turkey's fourth largest city
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Fires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country's fourth largest city early Sunday, causing hundreds of people to flee their homes. Nighttime fires in forested mountains around the Stock Exchange in northwestern Turkey spread rapidly, bringing “a red glow” to [...]
Nighttime fires in forested mountains around the Stock Exchange in northwestern Turkey spread rapidly, bringing “a red glow of” into the night sky above the eastern suburbs of the city.
The Office of the Bursa governor said in a statement Sunday that 1,765 people were safely evacuated from villages in the northeast, while more than 1,100 firefighters fought the flames.
Bursa yanıyor sesimizi duyun artik #bursyanıyor
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The highway linking the Stock Exchange with the capital Ankara was closed as surrounding forests were engulfed in flames.
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) Boşuna Tıklama (@bosunatidala) Julie 27, 2025
Orhan Saribal, an opposition parliamentary for the province, described the scene as an apocalypse.
yangın control altına alınamedı, Bursa eyır eyır yanılor. Who's going to have to go to New York City. #bursyanıyor
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) Celdomor (@morecelldo) Julie 27, 2025
In the morning, the weakening of winds brought some relief to firefighters who continued their efforts to extinguish the flames.
Bursaha alevler yerleşim yerlerini sarmaya başladı...
Bursaıya ses olalım lütfen.# ButsaYanıyorPic.twitter. com/ XylcG6ynh(@Muchendisenen) Yuly 26, 2025
However, television footage revealed a pale landscape where farms and pine forests once existed.
Turkey has been hit by dozens of fires every day since the end of June.
Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yamakli said that fire crews across the country faced 76 separate fires Saturday. Fires are being driven by unusual high temperatures for the season, dry conditions, and strong winds. /Periscope
