Hama-Sana
The elements of a peaceful fire center in Hama countryside, in cooperation with the people, put out a huge fire that broke out today in a land area of about 110 dunums planted with fruit trees and grains in the village of Safawi, south of Salamieh.
Colonel Thaer Al-Hassan, commander of the Hama Fire Brigade, stated to a SANA reporter that the elements of a peaceful fire brigade with the participation of the people of the region took control of the fire that broke out on farms that includes fields of cumin, olive trees and pistachios, indicating that the reasons for its outbreak are likely to be due to high weather or throwing cigarette butts.
It is reported that yesterday evening, 3 fires, which broke out in the eastern countryside of Salmiya, were extinguished, causing an area of 160 dunums of barley fields and fruit trees damaged.