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discocrisco01

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Wed Aug 4, 2021, 07:59 AM Aug 2021

Turkey saves power plant from 'unprecedented' wildfires

Source: AFP

Rescuers used helicopters and water cannon Wednesday to beat back fires encircling a Turkish power plant in the second week of deadly blazes testing the leadership of President Recept Tayyip Erdoga

More than 170 wildfires have scorched swathes of Turkey's southern coast and killed eight people since breaking out east of the Mediterranean vacation hotspot Antalya last Wednesday and then spreading we

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkey-saves-power-plant-from-unprecedented-wildfires/ar-AAMVBuS?ocid=Peregrine

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Turkey saves power plant from 'unprecedented' wildfires (Original Post) discocrisco01 Aug 2021 OP
I assumed some heroic action by a large game bird. Ocelot II Aug 2021 #1
You are not cooking me in that fire. twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #2
I did, too! Look... in the sky... it's SUPER-TURKEY! NurseJackie Aug 2021 #3
Snort! flying rabbit Aug 2021 #4
Southern Turkey has gorgeous mountains and beaches pfitz59 Aug 2021 #5
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