Children carry on playing football undeterred as wildfire burns behind their pitch
Published date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:54:31 +0700Youngsters were seen continuing to play football as a wildfire raged just metres behind their pitch.
Footage shows the unfazed boys calmly passing the ball around on a fenced artificial football pitch while thick smoke billows into the sky from a burning grass field in the Baglar district of Diyarbakir, Turkey.
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Turkey |
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12/07/2026 |
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VRP181330 |
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Duration: 01:25 |
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Format: Horizontal |
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Rating: News safe |
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