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Wildfires reopen earthquake wounds in Turkiye’s shattered Hatay province

A woman sits on a road's median strip to watch the flames in Serinyol, Hatay [Courtesy of Ethem Askar]

Antakya, Turkiye – The darkening sky and thick, acrid smoke carried by scorching winds filled residents of Turkiye’s Hatay province with dread.

“It was like waking up, but you’re back in a nightmare,” said Hatice Nur Yilmaz, 23, her voice trembling on the phone as she described seeing flames from her container home in Antakya, Hatay’s largest city.

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