Turkish powerplant's main units not damaged by wildfires, says govt


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Aug 2021

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's wildfires did not damage the main units of the Kemerkoy coal-fired powerplant in the southwestern part of the country, President Tayyip Erdogan's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said on Twitter on Thursday.

"The main units of the power station were not seriously damaged according to the initial examination following the evacuation of the facility," Altun said.

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