More than 2,500 firefighters, assisted by planes and helicopters dropping water, were sent to fight a fire that broke out on Tuesday in the Bordubet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean coast.. The fire spread rapidly, fanned by the wind.

Authorities have evacuated about 275 people from the area as a precaution..

According to the Minister of Forestry of Turkey, Vahit Kirisci, about 3,000 hectares of forest were affected.. According to him, in addition to 2,500 thousand firefighters, 45 helicopters and 12 aircraft dropping water are involved in taming the fire.. Qatar offered to send three helicopters and Azerbaijan said it would send another plane, he said.

Authorities have detained one man who allegedly admitted to deliberately setting the fire, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.. Earlier it was reported that the prosecutor's office is investigating the possibility of arson.

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Last summer, fires caused by high winds and scorching heat engulfed pine forests in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions of Turkey, including the resorts of Marmaris and Bodrum, as well as the interior mountain regions of the Asia Minor peninsula.. Wildfires that have killed at least eight people and countless animals have been called the worst in Turkish history..

Some hotels on the Aegean coast even had to temporarily resettle vacationers. At the same time, the north of Turkey suffered from floods..

A prolonged drought across Europe from Spain to northern Germany, plus very high temperatures in June of this year, has sparked wildfires that have been made difficult by the high cost of aircraft fuel.. Germany had to resettle 18 villages in the immediate vicinity of Berlin. However, a sharp drop in air temperature on the continent and rains stabilized the situation..