ISTANBUL, Feb 6 Turkish Iskenderun in southeastern Turkey, NTV reports.
The fire flared up in containers with cargo in the territory of the port, it has not yet been extinguished. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
The port of Iskenderun in the province of Hatay was temporarily decommissioned due to destruction after the earthquake in the region, the country's navigation department reported earlier.
On Monday morning, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred in the south-east of Turkey. According to the latest data, 1541 people died, more than 9.7 thousand were injured. Damage was also reported in several regions of Syria, tremors were also felt in the Lebanese capital Beirut. In Syria, the number of victims at the moment is more than 460 people, more than 1300 were injured. Around 13.25 there was another earthquake — a magnitude of 7.6, according to Turkish seismologists.