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Added on the 04/08/2021 21:44:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A thermal power plant and its surrounding town on the Aegean Sea are being evacuated as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged Turkey for the past week engulfs its outer edge. The defence ministry said it was evacuating villagers by sea as bright balls of orange flames tore through the hills encircling the plant. IMAGES
Smoke is seen near a thermal power plant in an area of wildfires in Ören, Turkey. Rescuers used helicopters and water cannon in a fitful fight to save it from being engulfed by deadly wildfires testing the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
More than 20 people have been killed in an explosion at a power plant in central Hubei province. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Images show cars leaving after Turkish police release a group of hostages taken by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. IMAGES
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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