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A wildfire spread through forested terrain in Cine, a district of Aydin province in southwestern Türkiye.
Crews work from the air and ground as flames threaten nearby neighborhoods, prompting authorities to evacuate livestock from four rural communities to a safer location.
The fire broke out in a forested area near Kavsit, a rural locality within Cine district, from a cause that authorities have not yet determined.
Flames spread through the terrain overnight, prompting an initial response from aircraft, water trucks and ground crews stationed in the region.
Response teams worked through the night to contain the blaze as it continued to spread.
With daylight, the number of crews increased and additional units were dispatched from neighboring provinces, joining aircraft and ground vehicles already stationed near the fire zone.
As the fire advances, residents in the neighborhoods of Kavsit, Mutaflar, Dutluoluk and Tatarmemisler move their livestock out of animal shelters.
Sheep, goats and cattle are loaded onto vehicles and driven away from the affected area for safety.
The evacuated animals are brought to the Cine Livestock Market, where they are kept while the fire continues to burn nearby.
Several homes in the area are evacuated as a precaution, while a small number sustain damage from the flames.
Dutluoluk resident Elif Sulargil described the fear of watching the fire approach her village. She said her animals are safe, but the village remains under threat, adding that there is little residents can do but watch the flames spread.
Fellow Dutluoluk resident Zuhre Sulargil said the community has been fighting the fire since morning.
She credits state teams with helping move the animals to safety, saying everything would have burned without their assistance, and expressed hope that homes will also be spared.
Arzu Celep said she lost her dog in the fire and does not know what happened to it.
Raziye Askin said she fled uphill with her animals as the flames closed in, adding that olive groves in her village burned along with other property.
At the height of the response, nine helicopters, three planes, 42 water-dropping trucks, nine water tankers and four dozers worked to contain the fire, with dense smoke periodically reducing the number of aircraft in use.
Five homes at Kavsit Yaylasi sustained damage, while 30 more were evacuated as a precaution.
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