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Nearly 4,000 residents in Western Turkey were evacuated to safety as wildfires continue to burn in at least four cities and provinces, the country’s disaster authority said on Saturday. A total of 131 wildfires broke out on agricultural and forested land in cities, including Izmir, Aydın, Bolu, Mugla and Manisa over the past week, AFAD said on X. In Turkey’s third-largest city Izmir, flames from a wildfire reached an apartment complex and industrial area late Friday, causing panic, state broadcaster TRT reported. Overnight, 17 residential homes were burned, 105 houses and 44 workplaces were ev…

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