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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
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Ocelot II
(115,858 posts)1. I assumed some heroic action by a large game bird.
twodogsbarking
(9,814 posts)2. You are not cooking me in that fire.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)3. I did, too! Look... in the sky... it's SUPER-TURKEY!
flying rabbit
(4,639 posts)4. Snort!
pfitz59
(10,391 posts)5. Southern Turkey has gorgeous mountains and beaches
Heavily forested and rugged. I love the Antalya area.