Forest fire in Muğla: Flames reach thermal plant, evacuation begins 

2021-08-05 09:18:48


	 

	MUĞLA - The forest fire in Muğla’s Milas has reached the thermal power plant. While the power plant has been evacuated, the wind has made it difficult to intervene in the fire. The Defense Ministry has announced that people have been taken to safe places.

	 

	The forest fire in Milas district of Muğla has passed over the wire fence of the Kemerköy Thermal Power Plant. The personnel of the plant as well as the inflammable and explosive materials have been evacuated.

	 

	Milas Mayor Muhammet Tokat has posted a video showing that the flames have spread to the thermal power plant. Mayor Tokat has briefly tweeted, "The flames have entered the Thermal Plant... The plant is now being completely evacuated and sirens are wailing."

	 

	While the wind in the region has made it difficult to intervene in the fire, security measures have been taken around the thermal plant.

	 

	PEOPLE IN THE REGION EVACUATED BY SHIPS 

	 

	The Ministry of National Defense has announced that after the forest fire spread to the Kemerköy Thermal Power Plant in Milas, the people in the region have been evacuated to safer places by ships.

	 

	In a statement on its Twitter account, the Ministry of Defense has briefly said, "As the forest fire in Muğla's Milas district came closer to the thermal power plant, our citizens who gathered in the dock are being evacuated to safe places by the landing ships of our Naval Forces."