In Pictures: Wildfires rage on in Turkey

In Turkey, wildfires leave behind charred homes and ashes.

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01 August, 2021

Smoke and flames rise in forest fire that broke out in Manavgat

Smoke and flames rise as ground and air support works to extinguish the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district continue in Antalya, Turkey on August 01.

Fires were still blazing on Sunday in Manavgat in the south and Marmaris in the west, fanned by sweltering heat and winds.

Helicopters battle the forest fire broke out in Marmaris district of Mugla as ground and aerial extinguishing operations continue on August 01, 2021 in Mugla, Turkey.

Firefighters try to extinguish the forest fire in Marmaris

Firefighters try to extinguish the forest fire broke out in Marmaris district of Mugla as ground and aerial extinguishing operations continue on August 01, 2021 in Mugla, Turkey.

Manavgat shows burnt car and burnt house in Manavgat [Getty]

This photograph taken on July 31, 2021 near the town of Manavgat shows burnt car in front of a burnt house as a massive forest fire which engulfed a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey's southern coast.

Members of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan help Turkey's fight against forest fires broke out in Marmaris and Koycegiz districts of Mugla as ground and aerial extinguishing operations continue on August 01, 2021.

A drone photo shows the damaged site as ground and air support works to extinguish the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district continue in Antalya, Turkey on August 01, 2021.

Firefighters in Turkey battled on Sunday to control wildfires still raging in the resort towns of Manavgat and Marmaris, and some tourists were evacuated from Bodrum on the Aegean coast.

Most of the dozens of blazes that erupted in Turkey in the last five days have been contained, authorities said. However, fires were still blazing in Manavgat in the south and Marmaris in the west, fanned by sweltering heat and winds, Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said.

In the popular resort town of Bodrum, a group of tourists and hotel staff was evacuated by boat as flames spread and plumes of smoke filled the sky. Other tourists had been evacuated in recent days. By Sunday morning, Pakdemirli said the blaze in the area was contained.

Some 107 of the 112 fires that broke out in the past five days in Turkey had been contained as of Sunday morning, according to Forestry Ministry data.

Since Wednesday six people have died because of the fires across southern and western Turkey and thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. Locals as well as support teams from Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Azerbaijan were deployed to help firefighters.