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Turkish National Defense Ministry shared a footage of the efforts to deal with the fireplace that began following main earthquakes that hit southern provinces of the nation.
(Benoit Tessier / Reuters)
Turkish jets have extinguished a serious hearth that broke out on the internationaI Iskenderun Port in southern province of Hatay, the Turkish National Defense Ministry mentioned.
The ministry mentioned on Twitter that the blaze was put out by army helicopters and plane on Tuesday.
It additionally shared a footage of the efforts to deal with the fireplace that began following main earthquakes that hit southern provinces of the nation.
Hundreds of transport containers had been ablaze on the Iskenderun Port, sending thick black smoke into the sky and shutting down operations, forcing freight liners to divert vessels to different ports.
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İskenderun Limanında meydana gelen yangına, Kara Kuvvetlerimize ait helikopterler ve Hava Kuvvetlerimize ait uçak ile havadan müdahale edildi.#MSB #Deprem pic.twitter.com/369Z5DzvS9
— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) February 7, 2023
Operations halted
The blaze led to the shutdown of all operations on the terminal till additional discover and compelled freight liners to divert vessels to different ports.
A 7.7-magnitude tremor struck the Pazarcik district of Kahramanmaras province early Monday. Nine hours later, a 7.6-magnitude quake, centered in Kahramanmaras’s Elbistan district, rocked the area, affecting Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa provinces.
The earthquake was additionally felt in international locations within the area, together with Lebanon and Syria.
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