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Fire at Chankyry deportation center in Türkiye

Fire at Chankyry deportation center in Türkiye

Turkish media repo rt that a fire, allegedly caused by migrants held there, has been extinguished at Chankyry deportation center.

On July 4, at around 10:00 p.m., a fire broke out at Chankyry Deportation Center, located near the village of Suleymanli on Chankyry-Ankara highway. ...After the signal about the fire, numerous teams of firefighters and doctors, as well as police and gendarmerie, were sent to the scene. As a result... which caused the fire to be extinguished before it could grow.

At the time of the fire, there were 1,206 people in the Center. 9 migrants affected by smoke received outpatient treatment.

Our source reports that recently 40 Turkmen citizens from Kayseri deportation center were transferred to this migrant resettlement center.

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