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In the second week of historic wildfires along the Turkish Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, the power plant in the town of Milas was threatened.
A power plant in Mugla province in southwestern Turkey was evacuated after a wildfire spread to the edge.
On Wednesday, a fire spread to the vicinity of the Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant in Turkevleri District, Mugla Province. Strong winds in the area hindered extinguishing efforts.
All personnel have been evacuated from the factory, and flammable and explosive materials have also been removed. Water tankers and fire trucks have been stationed in the factory, spreading further to the main building due to fire protection.
An AFP team saw firefighters, police cars and local people in the area fled the scene as a powerful flame burned on the edge of a power station near the town of Milas in the Aegean Sea.
Local officials had earlier stated that as a precaution, the hydrogen tank used to cool the station had been emptied and filled with water.
Officials told AFP that the plant uses coal and fuel oil to operate.
The picture posted by the Mayor of Milas, Muhammet Tokat, showed a fire blazing at the entrance of the factory.
“The factory is now completely emptied,” Tokat wrote on Twitter.
The flames entered the thermal power plant… The power plant was now completely emptied, and the alarm sounded… pic.twitter.com/pWBn4bmQPh
-Atty. Muhammet Tokat (@MuhammetTokat48) August 4, 2021
The fire reached the factory in the second week of the historic wildfire, killing 8 people and destroying large tracts of virgin forests along the Turkish Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.
When the factory evacuation began, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was giving a live television interview.
“The thermal power plant is facing the threat of being burnt down,” Erdogan said. “The wind is strong. Otherwise, it will be easier to contain.”
Erdogan said that after 187 fires in the past eight days, 51 helicopters and 20 aircraft participated in the fight against forest fires in the country.
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