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Tourists evacuated as fires rage in Turkey, Italian resort destroyed |
2021-08-02 |
[NYPOST] Panicked tourists in the Aegean resort of Bodrum in ![]() rushed to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels as wildfires raged nearby.Videos posted online by local media showed towering flames in the hills above the town’s hotels and huge waves of smoke billowing out to the sea as vacationers fled with their suitcases in tow. The blaze was one of at least 10 wildfires raging out of control across Turkey. The corpse count from the blazes rose to six Saturday. Two firefighting personnel died while trying to control the inferno near the coastal Mediterranean town of Manavgat, about 50 miles southeast from the popular tourist city of Antalya, Rooters reported. Turks were also mourning Sahin Akdemir, a 25-year-old volunteer who died bringing water to firefighters. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Wildfires are also threatening the Sicilian town of Catania, |
Posted by: Bobby 2021-08-02 09:51 |