Turkish town evacuated as wildfire reaches power station
by AFP in Milas from World news | The Guardian on (#5MZFW)
Mula's population evacuated by sea amid fears fire could spread to coal inside Kemerkoy plant
A coal-fired power station in south-west Turkey and nearby town on the Aegean Sea were evacuated late on Wednesday as a deadly wildfire reached inside the plant.
Firefighters and police fled the 35-year-old Kemerkoy plant in the hillside Aegean province of Mula, and sirens could be heard wailing.
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