While the military operation continues in Aliboðazý region of Dersim, a forest fire has started in a large area of the region.

Besides the military operation in Dersim,Ovacik and Hozat triangle, deep valleys in the region are reportedly dropped bombs by cobra type helicopters of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since yesterday. The region witnessed a forest fire in the same region last year which lasted two months and destroyed hundreds of hectares of a forested land.