As-Suwayda-Sana
The Sheba firefighting unit in the Governorate of As-Suwayda in cooperation with the people today put out a fire that broke out in agricultural lands in the village of Dama in the northwestern countryside, and damaged field crops exceeding an area of 150 acres.
In statements to a Sana correspondent, the commander of the fire brigade at the Shahba Ihsan Othman firefighting unit indicated that he was directed to the place of the fire as soon as it was reported and extinguished with the help of the people and their agricultural tractors in light of the difficulty of the fire trucks reaching the places of the fire spread as a result of the roughness of the area where the cooling process took place and ensuring that it was completely extinguished in order to prevent To renew it.
The head of the Municipal Council, Dama Hassan Al-Quntar, said that the fire broke out in lands beside the main road towards an ancient town and extended over large areas exceeding 250 dunums planted mostly with field crops in light of the spread of dense dry grass, causing damage and burning of more than 150 dunums, according to preliminary estimates, most of which are barley before That the fire be controlled by the people, the elements and mechanisms of the Sheba Firefighting Unit and the Hydrocarbon Company, confirming that the actual damaged areas will be limited in cooperation with the concerned authorities.
On the other hand, the Suwayda Fire Brigade, according to the Fire Brigade Commander Yahya Darwish, put out several fires that broke out today with dry herbs in separate locations inside the city of As-Suwayda in varying sizes without any significant damage.
The Swaida Fire Brigade, in cooperation with the people, put out two fires in agricultural lands between the towns of Salim and Raymah Hazim, and the villages of Al-Qariah and Mundhera in the countryside of the governorate, and they spanned large areas and damaged some olive trees and field crops.