Sweida-Sana
The teams of the Agriculture and Civil Defense Directorate in As-Suwayda, in cooperation with the people, extinguished today a fire that broke out in a forested area within private property east of the village of Hebran in the southern countryside of Sweida that affected a number of oak trees.
The Director of Agriculture in Sweida, Eng. Ayham Hamed, explained to SANA's correspondent that the fire broke out within private property east of the village of Hebran in which some scattered forest trees are spread over about four dunums of the area, most of which are dry weeds, with limited damage to about 15 small oak trees before being able to control and extinguish it. With the concerted efforts of the directorate staff, civil defense and the people.
The commander of the firefighting group in the Civil Defense Directorate, which participated in putting out the fire, Ahmed Nashat, indicated that the fire broke out in an area of rugged nature close to the citizens' homes, and it took about two hours to extinguish it without extending it further.
The firefighting teams, in cooperation with the people, during the last period, extinguished many of the fires that broke out in separate areas in the governorate of Sweida, some of which affected agricultural lands, field crops, fruitful and forestry trees and dry herbs.
