Saturday, August 21, 2010

Large forest fire break out in Dersim

21 August 2010

This morning a large forest fire break out near Ovacık, a town of Dersim province.

According to local sources a forest fire break out in Camlibulak forest. The fire quickly spreaded to a large area.

Locals suspect Turkish military operation may have caused the fire.

Turkish army usually sets the forests on fire during military operations because the forests are making it difficult to pinpoint Kurdish guerilla camps.

ANF NEWS AGENCY

ANF / DERSIM

ANF NEWS AGENCY