People help with the fight against forest fires broke out in Antalya, Turkey.
- Turkey has been battling more than 100 wildfires that have now killed at least eight people.
- Videos show people fleeing the flames.
- People had to be evacuated from their homes and tourists were rescued from beaches by boats.
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Dramatic videos show people fleeing devastating wildfires in Turkey.
At least eight people have died in the more than 100 fires in the country over the past week, Reuters reported.
DRAMATIC ESCAPE: Residents and tourists forced to evacuate by boat as wildfires rage toward popular beach resorts along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.The death toll from the fire includes at least eight people so far. https://t.co/kGkPOSm1Iw pic.twitter.com/Fv6milzhsm — ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2021
-Sky News (@SkyNews) August 2, 2021
Thousands of people have had to be evacuated from their homes, and tourists were evacuated from beaches by boat, including private boats and yachts that pitched in to help.
Most of the fires had been extinguished as of Sunday but many were left burning, Reuters reported. The EU, of which Turkey is not a member, said it helped to send three firefighting planes on Sunday, Reuters said.
Italy and Greece are also battling fires.
