This summer, hundreds of fires broke out throughout Turkey, forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. However, one orchard – in the northwestern province of Bursa – remained intact. Some experts believe it wasn’t just luck. “We had fires every year, but I have never seen this,” the BBC tells the farmer Halil Kiraz. “On Sunday, I went there, but my legs were crawling. I thought my orchard was lost. Then I saw that he was still there. A miracle, I have no idea, I was in shock. Well -preserved orchards prevent the spread of fire, experts note. “The trees are sparse, the fruit trees are scarce and, most importantly, the soil has been plowed and cultivated,” says Professor Doganay Tolunay, a forester at the University of Constantinople. According to him, another measure that the farmer had taken was that there was a 2-3-meter path around the field. When the fire arrived on the trail, there was nothing left […]
Source: News Beast
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