The European Union (EU) has announced that it has deployed firefighters to Turkey under the Civil Protection Mechanism to help the country fight “unprecedented forest fires,” as the death toll from the blazes rises to eight.
Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean regions have been plagued with wildfires in recent days that have destroyed hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of citizens and tourists over concerns that the blazes could overwhelm some residential areas.
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