Fire engulfs fiber and paper factories in Türkiye’s Bursa VIDEO

A fire has erupted at fiber and paper factories in the Turkish city of Bursa, affecting both a factory and a nearby paper recycling plant.

The cause of the blaze is currently unknown, Caliber.Az reports, citing Turkish media reports.

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Emergency services, including the fire brigade, medical teams, and police, have been dispatched to the scene. Efforts to extinguish the fire are ongoing.

Earlier, a fire broke out in a factory in the Inegol district of Bursa and spread to neighbouring facilities.

Fire brigades in the Turkish province of Bursa worked for eight hours to extinguish a fire that engulfed 10 factories.

The fire broke out at a factory in the town of Inegol and then spread to neighbouring facilities, including factories producing metal, furniture and textiles.

All workers were evacuated from the industrial zone. Four helicopters and two aeroplanes, 110 fire brigades and 200 personnel were involved in the extinguishment.