The heroes of the forest fight bravely for the Green Homeland
During these fires, our country's aircraft flew for 6.887 hours, and it was recorded that the aircraft made 24 thousand 335 sorties in total, and 88 thousand 345 tons of water were dropped from the air in these sorties to extinguish the flames.
In Turkey, since January 1, 2024, a total of 2.424 fires have broken out, 5.314 of which were forest fires, rural areas and forest fires.
During these fires, our country's aircraft flew for 6.887 hours.
The aircraft flew 24.335 sorties in total.
In these sorties… pic.twitter.com/G81OKkFfOw
- TC Başletişim Başkanlığı (@iletisim) August 18, 2024
On the other hand, the Liaison Office warned citizens not to throw garbage and cigarette butts into forest areas, stating that 90 percent of forest fires are human-caused, and said, "Let's not light camping and picnic fires in sensitive areas. He repeated his invitations: "Let's not use fire in field and land cleaning."
