Relentless forest fires continue to wreak havoc across Turkey, with the latest casualty reported from northwestern Bursa province, where a firefighter tragically lost his life while battling the fast-spreading blaze.

Bursa, in Turkey, has been surrounded by wildfires forcing almost 2,000 people to flee their homes, while a firefighter has died battling the blazes - which have been raging since late June

TURKEY has been ravaged by fresh wildfires with over 1,700 civilians forced to flee their homes. A firefighter has died as they battled the rising flames which come amid a number of terrifying and

More than 1,700 people have been evacuated and the main highway has been closed. The fire is threatening homes, quarries, and industrial facilities.

Wildfires have threatened Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, leading to the evacuation of 1,765 people from surrounding villages. The fires, which spread rapidly overnight in the forested mountains near Bursa, caused the closure of the highway linking Bursa to Ankara.

As unprecedented wildfires continue to rage across Turkey, flames have now reached the outskirts of Bursa, the country’s fourth-largest city, prompting widespread evacuations and a government emergency response.