Three dead as wildfires blaze in southern Turkey | DW News

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured as a result of large forest fires in southern Turkey according to state news agency Anadolu. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said 41 fires had broken out across 13 provinces on Wednesday and Thursday. Though Pakdemirli said most fires have since been extinguished, he noted that others still burned near the Mediterranean resort towns of Mersin and Alanya.