Navigation in the Dardanelles Strait was suspended due to wildfires
The movement of ships in the Turkish Strait of the Dardanelles was suspended in both directions due to wildfires. This was reported on August 8 by the IHA news agency.
"Navigation in the Dardanelles has been temporarily suspended in both directions due to wildfires in the Canakkale province," the report said.
It is noted that the fire in the area of the Saricaeli settlement quickly spread over a vast area, first spreading to agricultural land, and then approaching residential areas. It is specified that it is being extinguished from the ground and air, the smoke has spread to the strait.
On July 27, it was reported that forest fires raging in Turkey for several weeks had engulfed the territory of the country's fourth largest city, Bursa, killing one person and forcing more than 1,700 people from their homes.
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