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The death toll from wildfires in Turkey has risen to four as thousands of firefighters battle blazes for a third day in a row after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels.
About 70 wildfires have broken out across 17 provinces on the country’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts this week, according to local officials, fanned by strong winds and scorching temperatures.
Turkey’s government announced that 57 of the fires had been contained or entirely put out by Friday morning.
But Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said fires were still raging in the provinces of Osmaniye, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Adana, Mersin and Kutahya.
Blazes were also still burning in the Mediterranean resort region of Antalya and the Aegean resort province of Mugla, he added.
