The fire, which was prevented from threatening residential areas, was put to effective action by aircraft at first light. The fire started in a forest area in Zafer Neighborhood of Buca district at 13:15.
Izmir Forestry Regional Directorate teams started to intervene in the fire, which broke out for an unknown reason, with 7 planes, 16 helicopters, 35 water trucks, 11 water supply vehicles, 4 dozers and 4 ground teams.
On the other hand, the flames, which spread over a wide area due to the wind, spread to the Gaziemir district on the border. In Gaziemir Sarnıç Neighborhood, police and gendarmerie teams removed citizens from the area as the flames approached the surrounding houses. In order to prevent the flames from spreading to the houses, the Regional Forestry Directorate, fire trucks and TOMAs set up a barrier between the fire and the houses.
Security forces began evacuating houses on Çamlık Street in Sarnıç Neighborhood, where the flames were close. Four night-vision helicopters intervened in the fire from the air throughout the night, while fire crews, water tenders, water tankers and ground teams intervened from the ground.
With the first light of day, the work continued with the effective intervention of air vehicles. With the flames ceasing to threaten the settlements, citizens began to return to their evacuated homes. Helicopters belonging to the General Directorate of Forestry and the Ministry of National Defense took water from the Sarnıç Pond and poured it onto the flames.
