Helicopter crashes en route to Turkish wildfire; 2 killed

ISTANBUL (AP) — A firefighting helicopter has crashed as it headed to the Turkish port of Marmaris to combat a wildfire, killing two Russian crew members. Turkey’s minister of agriculture and forestry two Turkish citizens and three other Russians on the helicopter were injured but were not in critical condition. A forestry official told journalists the firefighting helicopter had flown in from the northern province of Kastamonu to join others in Marmaris, a resort town on the Aegean Sea. The fire erupted in forests around Marmaris and was being fueled by strong winds. Last summer, blazes fed by strong winds and scorching temperatures tore through forests in Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean regions, including in Marmaris, killing at least eight people.