Turkey's scuba divers located three firefighters, helicopter had crashed in the reservoir

Turkish scuba divers located some missing firefighters on 17 September (Sunday). They are the missing firefighters whose helicopter crashed into a reservoir near the western resort city of Izmir.

Giving information about the matter, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakali said that the helicopter had crashed while lifting water to extinguish the forest fire on the night of September 16 (Saturday). This helicopter included three Kyrgyz nationals and one Turk. He said that one of the Kyrgyz citizens was rescued immediately after the incident and was immediately taken to the hospital.

Yumkali further said that divers have identified the wreckage of the accident. However, right now they are not able to see anything clearly because there is no medium to see.

Turkey is facing many effects of climate change these days. Global warming caused by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions is altering weather patterns and exacerbating years-long drought in many parts of Turkey.

Let us tell you that Turkey is continuously devoting many resources to its emergency response efforts after being hit by devastating fires in 2021.