Wildfires in Mediterranean Leave a Dozen Dead as Heat Soars
A helicopter drops water over a burned forest in Souni village, Cyprus, during a wildfire, on July 24.
Photographer: Petros Karadjias/AP Photo
Wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures and strong winds across the eastern Mediterranean left a dozen people dead in Turkey and Cyprus.
Ten forest workers and search and rescue volunteers were killed in Turkey’s Eskisehir province and 14 others were hospitalized on Wednesday after being trapped by flames driven by rapidly shifting winds, Anadolu Agency reported. Two people died in Cyprus, where authorities ordered evacuations after about 100 homes were burned.