Firefighters using planes and helicopters, and locals with buckets of water, battled wildfires raging for a sixth day near southern coastal resorts in drought-hit Turkey on Monday and the government faced fresh criticism of its handling of the disaster. Drone footage filmed by Reuters showed grey hillsides near the resort of Marmaris where fires left smoldering buildings and blackened tree trunks. People run away as wildfires engulf an area near Turkey's southern coast in Bodrum, Mugla province, on Sunday. Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in the Mazi region near Bodrum on Monday. (Emre Tazegul/The Associated Press)The wildfires are another blow to Turkey's tourism industry following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2021 15:33 UTC