İtfaiye hemen geldi ve yangını kontrol altına aldı, kimseye zarar gelmedi.

İtfaiye means the fire department / the fire brigade. It is a collective noun, so Turkish often treats it as a singular subject:

• İtfaiye geldi = The fire brigade came

If you want to focus on the individual firefighters, you could say:

• İtfaiyeciler geldi = The firefighters came

Both are possible, but itfaiye geldi is very natural in news-style or general narration.

Because the subject here is itfaiye, which is grammatically singular in Turkish, even though it refers to a group.

• İtfaiye geldi = singular verb
• İtfaiyeciler geldi(ler) = plural subject

In Turkish, plural subjects do not always require a plural verb in everyday usage, but with itfaiye, singular is especially normal because it is a single institution or unit.

Hemen means immediately / right away.

So:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi = The fire brigade came immediately

Its position is flexible, but placing it before the verb is very common:

• hemen geldi = came immediately

Yangını is yangın + -(y)ı, the definite accusative form.

• yangın = fire
• yangını = the fire as a specific direct object

The verb phrase is:

• yangını kontrol altına aldı = brought the fire under control

Turkish often uses the accusative when the object is specific or definite. This is similar to the difference between:

• bir kitap okudum = I read a book
• kitabı okudum = I read the book

Here, the fire is a specific fire, so yangını is used.

Kontrol altına almak is a fixed expression meaning:

• to bring under control
• to get under control
• literally something like to take under control

So:

• yangını kontrol altına aldı = he/she/it brought the fire under control

This is a very common expression in Turkish, especially for fires, diseases, crowds, and situations.

Examples:

• Polis durumu kontrol altına aldı. = The police brought the situation under control.
• Yangın kontrol altına alındı. = The fire was brought under control.

This is part of the fixed idiom kontrol altına almak.

Grammatically, alt means bottom / underneath, and altına is a form meaning roughly under it / to underneath it, but in this expression it is best learned as one whole chunk:

• kontrol altına almak = to bring under control

Trying to translate each part literally can be confusing. For learners, the most useful approach is to memorize the entire phrase as a set expression.

Yes, almak usually means to take, and aldı means took. But in Turkish, as in English, many verbs appear in idiomatic combinations.

So in:

• kontrol altına almak

the verb almak is not simply take in the basic physical sense. The whole phrase means to bring under control.

This is similar to English expressions like:

• take responsibility
• take control
• take action

The exact meaning comes from the whole phrase, not just the verb alone.

Turkish often links related clauses with a comma, especially in narration or written style.

So this sentence has:

1. İtfaiye hemen geldi
2. ve yangını kontrol altına aldı
3. kimseye zarar gelmedi

The last part could also be connected more explicitly, for example:

• ..., ve kimseye zarar gelmedi.
• ..., ancak kimseye zarar gelmedi.

But the comma alone is natural and smooth here. It gives a slightly concise, report-like tone.

Kimse means someone / anyone / no one, depending on context.

In negative sentences, it often means no one / anyone:

• kimse gelmedi = no one came
• kimseye zarar gelmedi = no one was harmed / no harm came to anyone

The ending -ye is the dative case:

• kimse = anyone / no one
• kimseye = to anyone / to no one

This is used because the expression zarar gelmek takes the person affected in the dative case.

Both are possible, but they are slightly different expressions.

• kimseye zarar gelmedi = literally no harm came to anyone
• kimse zarar görmedi = no one was harmed / no one suffered injury or damage

The sentence you have uses a very common, natural Turkish expression. It sounds a bit like formal reporting or narration.

Other alternatives:

• Kimse zarar görmedi.
• Kimse yaralanmadı. = No one was injured.

So zarar gelmedi is just one standard way Turkish expresses this idea.

Grammatically, zarar is the subject.

So the structure is roughly:

• kimseye = to anyone
• zarar = harm
• gelmedi = did not come

Literally:

• Harm did not come to anyone

This is why the sentence does not need a separate subject like o or onlar. The noun zarar is already functioning as the subject.

Yes. Turkish often uses passive forms in news-style language.

For example:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi ve yangın kontrol altına alındı, kimseye zarar gelmedi.

or more naturally as separate clauses:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi. Yangın kontrol altına alındı. Kimseye zarar gelmedi.

Here:

• kontrol altına alındı = was brought under control

Your original sentence is active:

• İtfaiye ... yangını kontrol altına aldı = The fire brigade brought the fire under control

The passive version focuses more on the result than on the firefighters.

No, Turkish word order is flexible, although some versions sound more natural than others.

Original:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi ve yangını kontrol altına aldı, kimseye zarar gelmedi.

Possible variations:

• İtfaiye geldi hemen ve yangını kontrol altına aldı...
  This is possible, but less natural.
• Yangını itfaiye hemen kontrol altına aldı.
  This puts more focus on yangını.
• Kimseye zarar gelmedi, itfaiye hemen geldi ve yangını kontrol altına aldı.
  This changes the emphasis.

Turkish often puts the main emphasis near the verb or just before it, so word order can shift depending on what the speaker wants to highlight.

It sounds mostly neutral and slightly report-like.

Expressions such as:

• hemen geldi
• kontrol altına aldı
• kimseye zarar gelmedi

are very common in news reports, official descriptions, and straightforward narration. But they are also perfectly understandable in everyday Turkish.

A more conversational version might be:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi, yangını söndürdü. Neyse ki kimseye bir şey olmadı.

That sounds a bit more like natural spoken conversation.

Roughly like this:

• İtfaiye hemen geldi ve yangını kontrol altına aldı, kimseye zarar gelmedi.
• it-fa-yi-ye he-men gel-di ve yan-gı-nı kon-trol al-tı-na al-dı, kim-se-ye za-rar gel-me-di

A few helpful points:

• İtfaiye has four clear syllables: it-fai-ye
• yangını has the soft dotless ı sound twice: yan-gı-nı
• gelmedi is pronounced clearly as gel-me-di

The stress in Turkish is often fairly even, but in natural speech the verbs often stand out a bit:

• geldi
• aldı
• gelmedi