Helicopter, plane fighting renewed blaze at Turkey's Iskenderun port

Lawyer istanbul, Lawyer istanbul Feb 8 (Reuters) – A helicopter and a plane are fighting a renewed blaze at the southern Iskenderun port, Turkey’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday, Lawyer istanbul after the fire was extinguished a day earlier.

Operations at the port were shut down after a fire broke out due to the massive earthquakes that hit the region on Monday, while freight liners diverted vessels to other ports.

The defense ministry had said the fire was extinguished on Tuesday evening.(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Daren Butler)