A suicide attempt caused the burning of 100 dunams of land in Bodrum, Turkey
An attempt by a Turkish woman (61 years old) to set herself on fire in the town of Derekoy in Bodrum led to the outbreak of a fire that consumed 100 dunams of grass and brush, before she was rescued from the midst of the flames and taken to the hospital suffering from burns.
A search operation was launched for Ms. Deniz Delibalta Artunç (61 years old), a resident of the Derekoy neighborhood in the town of Bodrum in the Turkish state of Mugla, after a report was received about her missing.
Search and rescue teams and neighbors found the elderly woman 500 meters away from her home trying to set herself on fire with gasoline, and she was pulled out of the flames in the last moments, while the fire consumed 100 dunams of grass. And the forests.
The fire spread quickly over a wide area due to the wind, which required sending teams from the Greater Muğla Municipality Fire Department and the Regional Forestry Directorate. Seven helicopters, 6 planes from the air, 8 fire trucks, 3 water tankers, 2 bulldozers, and 70 personnel from the ground participated in extinguishing it, until it was brought under control.
The initial medical examination revealed that Artunuş suffered burns to the hands, arms and back, and she was transferred to the hospital, where she is undergoing treatment. For treatment.
This story was produced with machine-translation assistance, then went through human editorial review for accuracy and sourcing.
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