Turkey's sky appears red with fumes of smoke rising from the wildfires that have frazzled through southern Turkey. The wildfires have ravaged the coastal resorts, forcing tourists to flee.
For six days, Turkey has been grappling with its worst fire crisis in a decade.
The Turkish government on Monday has stated that over 130 blazes have been contained as the firefighters continue their efforts to stop the flames.
Firefighters are also trying to contain the wildfires in parts of Greece, Spain and Italy. More than 1,5000 flares-ups in the nation have been dealt with, said Italy's national fire service on Sunday.
Pescara, the eastern city of Italy has witnessed at least five injuries after a fire compelled hundreds to vacate from the beach resorts and homes.
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Five villages in Greece were evacuated in the Peloponnese region, where temperatures are estimated to go up to 45 C within this week.
Strong winds and soaring heatwave temperatures across southern Europe are reasons behind the fuelled devastating fires.
Climate change gives rise to both the frequency and intensity of such blazes, experts have said.Apocalypse has swiped along Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean coasts which is a key tourist region.
Terrible videos showing tourists being evacuated from the beach resorts by boat, with Turkish Coastguard vessels involved in rescue operations have surfaced over the weekend. Satellite images show huge forests burnt down after roughly 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) were wrapped in flames.
On Monday the Turkish media reported that firefighters in planes and helicopters have resumed their operations in the south-western towns of Marmaris and Koycegiz.
A resident, Susan Dogan, told media that she could view smoke, flames and helicopters in the sky from her home in the village of Turunc, about 20km (12 miles) from Marmaris.
Many residents had already left, the British migrant said, adding that she had also packed her belongings if she had to vacate the place.
Emergency rescue boats have been kept on standby along the Marmaris shoreline to evacuate anyone if fires spread and the town could go completely detached.
Water carrying planes have been offered by the European Union on Sunday to help Turkey enable them to douse the crazy fires.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu showed gratitude to the EU for sending a plane from Croatia and two from Spain.
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The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been slammed for lack of fire fighting aircraft and equipment in the country.
Mr Erdogan has said his government would do anything to help those people affected by the fires.