More evacuations as some wildfires rage on in Turkey

Firefighters in Turkey battled yesterday to control wildfires still raging in the resort towns of Manavgat and Marmaris, and some tourists were evacuated from Bodrum on the Aegean coast. Some 107 of the 112 fires that broke out in the past five days in Turkey had been contained as of yesterday morning, according to Forestry Ministry data. However, fires were still blazing in Manavgat in the south and Marmaris in the west, fanned by sweltering heat and winds, Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said. Since Wednesday six people have died.