Forestry fire threatens houses and industrial zones in its province Smyrnathey broadcast the Turkish media.

The fire broke out yesterday Sunday at around 13.00 between the Sefericar and Menderes regions, the south and southwest of the province of Smyrna. It quickly took on as the winds blow at a speed of 70-117 kilometers per hour, as the governor of the province of Suleiman Elban said.

Heavy winds did not allow fire helicopters to intervene. Only two aircraft were throwing, helping the land forces to deal with the flames, Elban said.

Five neighborhoods were evacuated in the area of ​​Sefericar, where the fire threatened houses.

An eyewitness who spoke by phone to the French agency said residents were cutting trees in the village of Ukrmez in an attempt to prevent flames from approaching their homes.

Another fire, which broke out in a dump in Gaziemir, 13 kilometers from the city center of Smyrna, expanded to a forest area and threatens the Otocent Industrial Zone, where many car dealerships are based. According to the shots transmitted by the private NTV television channel, one of them burned.

Smyrna Airport has also temporarily suspended all flights to and from the city.

As Justice Minister Yilmaz Tundz announced yesterday, as part of a investigation launched by the Smyrna Public Prosecutor’s Office about the fire that broke out in the Buca area of ​​Smyrna province, A suspect arrested for arson with gasoline. Legal procedures have been initiated against the suspect allegedly burning his home and then began the fire in the context of the crime of “deliberate fire in the forest”.

Many residents have tried to move their vehicles away from the fire area. Many vehicles were burned down and dislocated.