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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Wilks

2 volunteers die fighting Turkey wildfires, raising deaths to 17 since late June

Turkey Wildfires - (dia images)

The death toll from wildfires outside the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey rose to four late Sunday after two volunteer firefighters died.

The pair died in hospital after they were pulled from a water tanker that rolled while heading to a forest fire, news agency IHA reported. Another worker died earlier at the scene of the accident and a firefighter died Sunday after suffering a heart attack.

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