The planes of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine departed for Turkey on July 30 to participate in containing massive forest wildfires in this country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“As promised, two State Emergency Service firefighting planes with crews and a support group flew to Turkey today to help liquidate large-scale forest fires. After a personal address with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [President of Turkey], I asked our experienced experts to help Turkish firefighters overcome this disaster,” Zelensky said on Twitter on July 30.
The planned departure of the State Emergency Service’s An-32P planes to Turkey to assist in containing the seats of forest wildfires was previously reported in the State Emergency Service.
The fires broke out on July 28 in the tourist province of Antalya and spread to the provinces of Osmaniye, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Adana, Mersin and Mugla. The area of the fires was 1,500 hectares, four people died, about 183 people were injured, more than 100 buildings were damaged.
