240 fires have occurred in Turkey since July 28, Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations, lieutenant-general Etibar Mirzayev told journalists, Report's Turkish bureau informs.
"Of them, 235 have been put out completely. Out of five others, two were contained," the official said.
He said Azerbaijani firefighters have extinguished and brought under control the fierce fires in the Cayhisar, Pinar, Garayer, and Kavakca villages of Koycehiz.