In the district of Kemalpaşa in Izmir, 9 people were injured, 2 of them seriously, when branches from a centuries-old plane tree fell on the people sitting in the coffeehouse. CENTURIES-OLD PLANE TREE HOSPITALIZED 9 PEOPLEIn Kemalpaşa district, at around 21:00, the branches of a 121-year-old plane tree located in the square known as the old market broke off. In the incident, 9 people sitting in the coffeehouse under the plane tree were injured, 2 of them seriously. Upon notification of the situation, fire brigade, health, and police teams were dispatched to the scene. 2 PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJUREDHealth teams that arrived at the scene intervened in the injured. 2 seriously injured were taken to Ege University Faculty of Medicine Hospital by ambulance, while 7 lightly injured were taken to Kemalpaşa Devler Hospital. Meanwhile, the branches that fell from the centuries-old plane tree were removed from the scene after the intervention of the municipality teams. AN ANCIENT TREE IDENTIFIED BY THE MINISTRYMeanwhile, it was reported that the tree that caused 9 people, 2 of them seriously, to be injured was a type of 'Eastern Plane Tree' and was 121 years old. It was reported that the centuries-old plane tree located in Kemalpaşa district was designated as a monument tree by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change.
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