Alarm has been set up the whole Smyrna of the great fires who broke out and burn what they find in their way.
As in Greece, Turkey has sounded an alarm for the extreme risk of fire. The fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon (29.06.2025) in a forest between regions SEFERICHAR and MenderedIn the south and southwest of the province of Smyrna quickly became dimensions as the winds blow at a speed of 70-117 kilometers per hour, as the governor of the province of Suleiman Elban said.
A total of 5 neighborhoods have been evacuated in the area of Sefeiricar, where the Fire threatens homes.
Gaziemir and Sefericar areas have already surrendered to flames, reports Turkish midfielder Milliyet.
On the front there is a great firefighter. Both hiking sections and aerial through the flames also fight with the winds.
A district is burning according to the eye in İzmir Ürkmez. No sound from any news channel. #fire #izmir #Sondakika pic.twitter.com/o7FAKVXfH5
— Gorkemd (@gorkemdundar) June 29, 2025
Helicopters are not missing from the sky. The fires are very close to my house.
May God give his trouble, whoever does this #fire #izmir pic.twitter.com/BpoNEaqvJt– İrem (@shugoddess_) June 29, 2025
Due to the strong winds, only 2 aircraft throwing water, helping the land forces deal with flames, Elban said.
Given the situation there is information that tobacco and ashes have reached our own islands and in particular Patmos.
May God have help.
izmir #meander ve #Seferihisar Forest fire in the districts splashed into settlements,
Citizens to extinguish the fire with their own means.
——-#fire # #foçayan #izmir #forestry pic.twitter.com/8zRqy930NS
— Vitamin (@06rasit) June 29, 2025
On the front of the fire they attempt overall 1,113 people, with 122 fire trucks, 74 aquifers and 84 earthworks.
An eyewitness who spoke by phone to the French agency said residents were cutting trees in the village of Ukrmez in an attempt to prevent flames from approaching their homes.
Another fire that broke out in a landfill in Gaziemir13 kilometers from the city center of Smyrna, extended to a forest area and threatens its industrial zone Otodewhere many car dealerships are based.
According to the shots transmitted by the private television channel NTV, One of them burned.
The forest fire on the borders of Menderes and Seferihisar districts of İzmir jumped to the settlements https://t.co/Sour8xAHEK pic.twitter.com/j6KwSIIWWx
– Anadolu Agency (@anadoluajansi) June 29, 2025
Smyrna Airport, Adnan Menderes, has also temporarily suspended all flights to and from the city.
Many of them were diverted to other airports.