Teams from the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department responded to 192 incidents in one day across the city from 49 fire stations.
Fires accounted for 140 of the incidents. Of these fires, 121 occurred in grassland, stubble and wooded areas, 8 involved vehicles, 6 occurred in homes, 2 in workplaces, 2 on rooftops and 1 at a transformer.
400 firefighters responded to the fires
A total of 400 firefighters working around the clock responded to the fires. Numerous tankers, off-road vehicles and heavy machinery belonging to forest teams and relevant municipal units were also used in the operations.
Most of the fires were attributed to human activity.