{"id":523289,"date":"2026-09-09T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=523289"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:17:35","slug":"wildfire-rages-through-antalya-province-in-turkey-threatening-residential-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/wildfire-rages-through-antalya-province-in-turkey-threatening-residential-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Wildfire rages through Antalya province in Turkey, threatening residential areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fast-moving wildfire in the Aksu district of Turkey\u2019s Antalya province is severely affecting the areas of <strong>Topall\u0131 and Kara\u00f6z<\/strong>, as flames spread amid an intense heat wave and strong winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire is threatening residential areas, agricultural land and greenhouses, while thick smoke and ash have reached central Antalya, turning the sky red and reducing visibility across the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities temporarily closed the main highway connecting Antalya with the northern city of Isparta because of the dense smoke. Emergency crews managed to significantly weaken the main blaze during the early hours of Tuesday, September 8, but Turkey\u2019s General Directorate of Forestry maintained a large-scale response as embers and Mediterranean winds of up to <strong>30 km\/h<\/strong> continued to trigger secondary fires in forested areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: An out-of-control forest fire has swept into Antalya, T\u00fcrkiye. Dense smoke is affecting residents, while Jandarma and emergency crews evacuate Ye\u015filkaraman as locals battle the rapidly spreading blaze. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgV9WS9WtI\">pic.twitter.com\/pgV9WS9WtI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; HINT News (@9415st) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/9415st\/status\/2097333712623177787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fast-moving wildfire in the Aksu district of Turkey\u2019s Antalya province is severely affecting the areas of Topall\u0131 and Kara\u00f6z, as flames spread amid an intense heat wave and strong winds. The fire is threatening residential areas, agricultural land and greenhouses, while thick smoke and ash have reached central Antalya, turning the sky red and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-523289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c89","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/images-1-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/images-1-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}