Turkey's Latest Wildfire Revives Memories of Last Year's Devastating Blazes (PHOTOS)

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A wildfire near the popular resort town of Marmaris, Turkey, brought up memories of last summer’s wildfires in the region, which were considered the worst in the country’s history.

Nicole Bonaccorso

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June 24, 2022

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Smoke and flames rise as intervention by air and land continues to control a wildfire that broke out overnight in a forest in the Marmaris district of Mugla province in southern Turkey, on June 22, 2022. Air intervention continues with 20 helicopters and 14 planes. (Mehmet Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A wildfire near the popular resort town of Marmaris, Turkey, brought up memories of last summer’s wildfires in the region, which were considered the worst in the country’s history.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the blaze was largely under control after thousands of firefighters worked for days to contain the fire. Erdogan told reporters that the fire affected more than 15 square miles of forest.

The country, like much of Europe, was experiencing a heat wave, and the addition of heavy winds helped fuel the fire, as well as extended drought conditions in the Mediterranean. Northern Cyprus was also battling a wildfire on Thursday that consumed more than 15 square miles in the Pentadaktylos mountain range.

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The Associated Press reported that 19 people in the region were hospitalized due to complications caused by the blaze.

According to state-run Anadolu Agency, authorities detained a person who allegedly confessed to starting the fire intentionally.

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A firefighter standing on a ladder directs high-pressure water from a hose on encroaching flames as crews battled a huge wildfire in the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Israel on Thursday dispatched two water-dropping aircraft to help in fighting the wildfire that has scorched at least 15 square miles of forest. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy)

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A wildfire near the popular resort town of Marmaris, Turkey, brought up memories of last summer’s wildfires in the region, which were considered the worst in the country’s history.

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