UPDATE – Kuwait sends firefighters to Turkey against forest fires

At least 8 people killed in forest fires, according to official figures

UPDATES WITH ARRIVAL OF KUWAITI FIREFIGHTERS

By Mohammad Abdel-Ghaffar

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait sent a team of firefighters to Turkey on Sunday to help in the fight against forest fires that killed at least eight people.

A statement by the Kuwaiti Embassy in Ankara said the firefighters arrived in the Dalaman district of Mugla province in southwestern Turkey to help in curbing the flames.

On Saturday, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad ordered the dispatch of a team of firefighters to Turkey to assist in putting out the fires, according to the official news agency KUNA.

KUNA said another team will be sent to Greece on Monday to help in countering the wildfires there.

At least eight people have been killed, according to official figures, since fires started in southern and southwestern Turkey on July 28.

Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said Saturday that 217 fires have been contained, while only six remain ongoing.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara

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