Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus Countryside, SANA_ The Governorate of Damascus Countryside sent six fire trucks with all equipment and cadres to Lattakia Governorate to support it in extinguishing the fires that broke out in some areas and resulted in damage to large areas of agricultural and forest lands.
The governorate indicated, in a statement of which SANA received a copy, that it had requested that Damascus Countryside Fire Brigade to be put at the disposal of Lattakia governorate if necessary.
Several fires broke out in forests and agricultural lands in the countryside of Lattakia at night and devoured hundreds of acres of citrus and olive trees, in addition to large areas of natural forests.
The firefighting teams in the governorate continue their great and doubled efforts to control the huge fires that have erupted since Thursday midnight in the governorate’s countryside, where firefighting teams, forestry vehicles and civil defense units are working with the help of helicopters of the Syrian Arab Army to control them and put them out.
Gh.A.Hassoun
