BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29. Individuals
suspected of involvement in forest fires in various provinces of
the country have been detained in Türkiye, Turkish Justice Minister
Yilmaz Tunc wrote on his X page, Trend reports.
The minister said that 17 suspects had been detained as part of
the investigations conducted by the prosecutor’s office.
He noted that the fires broke out in several provinces of the
country between June 26 and 28.
According to the minister, as a precautionary measure, inmates
were evacuated from a correctional facility in Bilecik Province,
where forest fires also occurred.
