Wildfires threaten Turkiye’s fourth-largest city as locals are evacuated

ISTANBUL: Wildfires that have engulfed Turkiye for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city early Sunday, causing hundreds of people to flee their homes.Overnight fires in the forested mountains surrounding Bursa in northwest Turkiye spread rapidly, bringing a red glow to the night sky over the city’s eastern suburbs.Bursa governor’s office said in a statement Sunday that 1,765 people had been safely evacuated from villages to the northeast as more than 1,100 firefighters battled the flames.

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