A new fireplace, reinforced by heavy ropes, was raging Wednesday near the KescheTourist destination in the Turkish province of Smyrna (west), after 24 hours of relative tranquility, were reported by officials and media.

‘The fire is not under control’warned around midnight (local time and time in Greece) its ruler Ismir (Smyrna) Suleiman Elbanclarifying that “According to eyewitnesses and technicians on the ground, the fire was undoubtedly caused by a line cable of the electricity grid.”

According to NTV radio, the fire broke out early in the afternoon in a rural area and spread very quickly due to the winds to an adjacent forest area and in olive groves.

“High temperatures and winds make it difficult to try to control fire”the radio station said as teams of firefighters continued their work overnight.

A motorway connecting Smyrna, the third largest city in the country, with Cesme, a popular spa town of 80 kilometers west, closed in both directions.

In communities threatened by the flames, residents had to be expelled in a hurry, a photographer in the French agency said.

There has been no talk of victims so far from a source.

The Municipality of Chemes said through X that gathering points and reception centers have been organized.

In addition to the Fire Brigade and Civil Defense, volunteer groups and research and assistance organizations participate in efforts to address the disaster, the municipality said. The earliest and most respected search and rescue organization in the country, Akut, has published a scary photos, in which one sees hills burning the sky red.

In his most recent official briefing on Tuesday night, Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forests Ibrahim Yumakli tried to reassure, assuring that the main homes had been “partially checked”.

But they were foreseen ‘Conditions of extreme heat’ this week and ‘Heavy winds that come largely from the Marblethe Aegean and Mediterranean‘he warned.

Hundreds of fires have occurred in Turkey since last Friday due to a combination of high temperatures, drought and winds.

Somewhere fifty thousand people had to get away from their homes in the provinces Ismir and Hatai (south), according to the Turkish AFAD emergency.