At the site where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops in 1915, the flames reached Canterbury Cemetery, where 22 soldiers from New Zealand are interred.
The fires broke out on the Gallipoli Peninsula earlier this week and have been raging in hot conditions with low humidity.AdvertisementWildfires across Turkey threatened World War I memorials and graves on the Gallipoli peninsula on Friday as dry, hot and windy weather conditions led to a series of blazes.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which maintains raves and memorials to the dead from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India and Newfoundland, in more than 30 cemeteries on the peninsula, said all its staff were evacuated from the areas and were safe. More than 7200 Australian soldiers are buried at cemeteries or listed as missing there.
The Gallipoli sites with the largest number of Australian war graves or commemorations are: Lone Pine Memorial , Lone Pine Cemetery , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery , Shell Green Cemetery and Beach Cemetery .RSL Australia president Greg Melick said he understood that those sites had been closed to protect the community and to facilitate fighting the fires.
The General Directorate of Forestry warned people not to light fires outside for the next 10 days due to the current weather conditions across western Turkey, warning of a 70 per cent greater risk of wildfires.
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