Wildfire in Turkey’s Izmir province spread to residential area on Thursday (July 3), killing at least one person.

Firefighters continued to battle flames with helicopters and planes dropping water over mountainous terrain in Izmir, while authorities closed some roads to the Aegean resort town of Cesme, Anadolu said.

Wildfires across Turkey's west have damaged some 200 homes, and victims were provided alternative accommodation, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

Some 50,000 people were temporarily evacuated earlier in the week due to fires, which were stoked by high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds. Some have been contained.

Other blazes also broke out on Thursday in the southern resort province of Antalya and just outside Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, according to Anadolu.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

BUCA, IZMIR, TURKEY (JULY 3, 2025) (IZMIR MUNICIPALITY - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF HIGHWAY WITH VEHICLES DRIVING PAST WILDFIRE BURNING, SMOKE RISING IN THE AIR

2. VARIOUS OF FLAMES ENGULFING TREES AND VEGETATION

3. VARIOUS OF VEHICLES PASSING BY ON THE HIGHWAY NEXT TO WILDFIRE BURNING

4. HELICOPTER FLYING OVER HIGHWAY ABOVE SMOKE

5. VARIOUS OF VEGETATION AND TREES BURNING

6. PERSON RUNNING WHILE CARRYING A DOG

7. VARIOUS OF POLICE, FIRE TRUCKS WITH WATER HOSES ARRIVING AT SITE

8. VARIOUS OF FIRE TRUCK ON SITE

9. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS, VOLUNTEERS, BATTLING FLAMES

10. FIREFIGHTERS WALKING PAST FIRE TRUCK

11. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF MAYOR OF IZMIR, CEMIL TUGAY, WEARING RED VEST, SUPERVISING OPERATION

12. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF ELEVATED WATER CANNON SPRAYING FIRE BURNING ON HILL

13. (NIGHT SHOT) EMERGENCY VEHICLE PASSING BY

14. (NIGHT SHOT) TUGAY SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE ON SITE