All 55 wildfires that broke out in Türkiye in the last 24 hours are under control, with cooling efforts ongoing, said the country’s agriculture and forestry minister on Tuesday.

Authorities detained four suspects in Bursa’s Osmangazi district for allegedly starting a forest fire by setting off fireworks, with investigations

The death toll from wildfires outside the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa has risen to four after two volunteer firefighters died

Turkey and Greece are among the countries impacted by record-breaking temperatures and widespread wildfires. | ITV National News

Officials expect the high risk of fire to continue through October. "We must do all we can to restrict every possible risk," said Giannis Kefalogiannis, Greece's climate crisis and civil protection minister, per the Times. "We have injured firefighters, human lives were put at risk, homes were burned and forestland destroyed."

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

A massive forest fire in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa has prompted evacuations and the closure of a major highway. The flames were advancing toward residential areas, bianet.org reported. Shocking videos of the fire have surfaced on X.

Firefighters battled on Monday to put out wildfires in three separate provinces of Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region.

The forest fire between the Gürsu and Kestel districts of Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, is now in its third day, with efforts still underway to bring