An Aberdeen woman has described her terror after being caught up in major wildfires in south-western Turkey.on Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean coasts.The 26-year-old said she had "never been so scared" when facing the fires.The fires closest to her apartment have since started again.
She told BBC Scotland: "We are completely surrounded by greenery here in Içmeler and Marmaris. The fires started and it's just not stopping. "It just happened so quickly - within 10 minutes we were completely surrounded by red fire. I've never been so scared.""We left five minutes before they told everyone to evacuate because we could see it was getting very bad. It was completely around us," she added.
"It looked like a war zone. The sky was completely red. The ash was like snow falling on to the ground."Ms Hutchinson and many people in the town congregated on its main beach and then got a boat to Marmaris to be safer.Investigators are trying to establish whether some of the fires were started deliberately, amid reports that one suspected arsonist has been detained.
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Just them or loads of locals as well?
회개와 거룩함 사역회 BUSAN TheLatterAnointing 교회의 아름다운 시간이 흐르고 있습니다 이 시간이 얼마 남지 않았습니다 휴거가 오늘이나 내일이나 언제나 일어날 수 있는 긴급상황이기 때문입니다 회개하십시오 주님 오십니다
I was once on the island of Zante when there was a brush fire I don’t recall it warranting my own news headline
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