'The animals are on fire,' say devastated farmers as wildfires sweep Turkey

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In the small village of Kacarlar, on Turkey's southern coast, farmers are facing apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to sweep the country.

"The animals are on fire," 56-year-old resident, Muzeyyan Kacar, told CNN."Everything is going to burn. Our land, our animals and our house. What else do we have anyway?"

Among the victims are two firefighters who were killed battling the flames on Saturday, according to the Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. "We will continue to take all steps to heal the wounds of our people, to compensate for losses and to improve opportunities to better than before," the president added in a tweet Saturday.

"My father's house burned down," said 48-year-old Gulay Kacar."Gone, gone, it's gone," Kacar said, before adding that she was"running to let the animals loose." On Turkey's Mediterranean coast, the resort of Bodrum evacuated 1,100 people using more than 20 boats on Saturday to escape the dangers posed by nearby wildfires, the city's Mayor Ahmet Aras said.

Around 4,000 personnel, along with hundreds of emergency vehicles, have been deployed by the government to help fight the flames this week.

 

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