On Sunday evening, Turkish soldiers fired on forest areas near the village of Şapatan in the Bermêş region of the Hakkari province. The shelling reportedly came from a military base. Although no action was taken against the forest fire, the fire went out by itself after a few hours.
Earlier this month, a wildfire also broke out in Şemdinli, destroying large areas of forest over a period of days. Again, no serious firefighting efforts were made. The fires are usually not of natural origin, but are deliberately set by the military.