By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Istanbul-listed CVK Maden (CVKMD) halted activities at its chrome mine in the town of Harmancik in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa due to ongoing wildfires, the company said on July 28.

All 55 wildfires that broke out in Türkiye in the last 24 hours are under control, with cooling efforts ongoing, said the country’s agriculture and forestry minister on Tuesday.

Officials expect the high risk of fire to continue through October. "We must do all we can to restrict every possible risk," said Giannis Kefalogiannis, Greece's climate crisis and civil protection minister, per the Times. "We have injured firefighters, human lives were put at risk, homes were burned and forestland destroyed."

Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey and Bulgaria on Monday as a deadly heatwave went into a second week around much of the Mediterranean.Last week, one wildfire killed at least 10 forest workers and rescuers fighting a blaze near Eskisehir in western Turkey.

Authorities detained four suspects in Bursa’s Osmangazi district for allegedly starting a forest fire by setting off fireworks, with investigations

As unprecedented wildfires continue to rage across Turkey, flames have now reached the outskirts of Bursa, the country’s fourth-largest city, prompting widespread evacuations and a government emergency response.

Firefighters battled on Monday to put out wildfires in three separate provinces of Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region.

The forest fire between the Gürsu and Kestel districts of Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, is now in its third day, with efforts still underway to bring

TURKEY has been ravaged by fresh wildfires with over 1,700 civilians forced to flee their homes. A firefighter has died as they battled the rising flames which come amid a number of terrifying and