Turkey evacuated more than 3,500 people on Saturday and Sunday from areas surrounding the major industrial city of Bursa in northwestern Turkey, where firefighters are still battling two blazes that have been burning for over 24 hours.

One firefighter died of a heart attack while working to extinguish the flames on Saturday night, and three people were killed on Sunday in a collision involving a tanker truck used in firefighting efforts, according to Bursa’s provincial authorities.

In the rural province of Karabük in northern Turkey, firefighters have been trying for five days to put out a blaze in a region where forests cover 72% of the land, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,800 residents.

According to several Turkish media outlets, the flames stretched for tens of kilometers over the weekend in this province, where the rugged terrain has made firefighting efforts even more difficult.

Amid a heatwave and widespread drought affecting large parts of the country, Turkish authorities have once again urged caution, warning that the risk of wildfires will remain high until October.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that over 3,000 fires have been extinguished across Turkey since the beginning of the summer.

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