1765 citizens have been moved to safe places due to the fire spreading in Bursa, 1100 firemen have been deployed to control the fire.
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The fire that has surrounded Turkey for weeks has put the country's fourth largest city in danger early Sunday morning. Hundreds of people have been forced to flee their homes due to the fire.
The night sky was reddened in the city's eastern suburbs after the wildfire spread rapidly overnight in the forested mountains surrounding Bursa in northwestern Turkey.
Bursa governor's office said in a statement on Sunday that 1,765 people have been safely evacuated from the villages in the northeast. More than 1,100 firemen were trying to put out the fire. The highway connecting Bursa to the capital Ankara was closed due to forest fires. The province's opposition MP Orhan Saribal called the scene a "catastrophe".
By morning, the firemen got some relief after the wind speed decreased. They continued to put out the fire. However, television footage showed a gray landscape. There used to be fields and salla forests.
Turkey has been hit by dozens of fires every day since the end of June. Forest Minister Ibrahim Yamukli said on Saturday that firefighters across the country faced 76 separate fires.
The fire was caused by unseasonably high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds.
Turkey's southeast Sirnak province recorded the highest temperature ever recorded at 50.5 degrees Celsius (122.9 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday. Another 132 places saw the highest temperature in July. Yamukli said that the north-west of the country is in the greatest danger, along with Carbuk. There has been a fire in Karabuk since Tuesday.
In recent weeks, a fire in Eskisehir, western Turkey, killed 13 people, including 10 rescue workers and foresters. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunk said on Saturday night that prosecutors had investigated the fires in 33 provinces from June 26 and had taken legal action against 97 suspects.
Due to the seriousness of the fire, the government has declared the two western provinces of Izmir and Bilesik as disaster areas on Friday.
