Dersim fires spreading

Soldiers are preventing people and volunteers from reaching the fires and trying to take them under control

The Kutudere district of Roj Deresi, connected to the center of Dersim has been on fire for seven days.

Local people and volunteers who want to intervene to stop the spreading of the fire are being blocked by the soldiers on the grounds that the area is a "special security zone".

The villagers managed to get to fire which erupted in the forest of Xiran region between the villages of Güleç and Zerikan, connected to Mazgirt district.

It was reported that the villagers who had worked with limited opportunities took control of the fire at night.