---
title: "Turkey battles wildfire in northwest for second day after evacuations"
description: "CANAKKALE, Turkey, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Turkey on Tuesday, with a large blaze in the northwestern province of Canakkale burning for a second day after hundreds of residents were evacuated in precaution."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Newsdeck"
author: "Reuters"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/reuters/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-08-12-turkey-battles-wildfire-in-northwest-for-second-day-after-evacuations/"
published: "2025-08-12T13:30:22"
updated: "2025-08-12T13:30:23"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 147
---

# Turkey battles wildfire in northwest for second day after evacuations

> CANAKKALE, Turkey, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Turkey on Tuesday, with a large blaze in the northwestern province of Canakkale burning for a second day after hundreds of residents were evacuated in precaution.

By Reuters · Published 12 August 2025, 15:30 SAST · Updated 12 August 2025, 15:30 SAST

## Key points
- In a fiery showdown that momentarily grounded flights and closed the Dardanelles Strait, Canakkale's wildfires are being tamed by a fleet of seven planes and six helicopters, proving that even Mother Nature can’t outsmart a well-coordinated aerial assault.
- Canakkale airport and the Dardanelles Strait temporarily closed due to ongoing wildfires.
- Fires in Ezine and Ayvacik districts are largely under control, but city centre blazes persist.
- Seven planes and six helicopters deployed to combat the remaining fires, with no immediate threat to residents.
- Wildfires in Edirne and Hatay are fully contained; efforts continue in Manisa.

## Content

Both Canakkale airport and the Dardanelles Strait, which connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, [were temporarily shut due to the wildfires](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N3U30NK&linkedFromStory=true)on Monday.

Wildfires in Canakkale's Ezine and Ayvacik districts were largely brought under control, but blazes in the city centre in the southern part of the Dardanelles Strait were still burning, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said in a post on X.

Seven planes and six helicopters were tackling the blaze on Tuesday, Canakkale Governor Omer Toraman said in a post on X, adding that there was no immediate danger to residential areas.

Other wildfires in the northern province of Edirne and southern province of Hatay were completely brought under control while efforts were underway to battle another wildfire in the western province of Manisa, Yumakli said.

(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Writing by Huseyin Hayatsever; Editing by Daren Butler and Andrew Cawthorne)