Firefighters in Turkey have contained six of nine wildfires tearing across western Izmir province, officials said on Friday, after the blazes killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes earlier in the week.

Two people are dead from fires raging through part of western Turkey's coastal Izmir Province. The fires have burned down 200 homes and forced 50,000 residents to evacuate. A group of arsonists that claims ties to an outlawed political party is claiming responsibility for starting several urban fires.

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