A large fire broke out in agricultural lands in southeastern Turkey, killing 11 people and injuring 78 others.

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement on the “X” platform today, Friday, that 11 people were killed and 78 were injured as a result of a fire that broke out in harvested agricultural lands between the provinces of Diyarbakir and Mardin in the southeast of the country.

He added that the specialized teams in the two provinces were able to extinguish the fire today after it spread last night to large areas of agricultural lands, especially after the wheat harvest operations in them.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency