Wildfire close to Turkish resort ‘largely under control’

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the Bordubet region (AP)

A wind-stoked wildfire that has been raging near a popular resort in south-western Turkey has been largely brought under control, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

The blaze erupted on Tuesday in the Bordubet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean Sea coast, and spread rapidly, blackening swathes of pine forest and driving hundreds of people from their homes.