Homs-Sana
The firefighting teams in Homs Governorate, backed by elements of the Syrian Arab Army, put out the fire that spread yesterday evening from the Lebanese territories towards the outskirts of Akum village in the Al-Qusayr area in the southwestern Homs countryside. Cooling operations are currently underway, and mechanisms are working to establish a line of fire separating the Syrian and Lebanese borders.
During his briefing on the operations to put out the fire, the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in the caretaker government, Engineer Mohamed Hassan Qatana, indicated in a statement to reporters that the fire has been extinguished, while some of the remaining hotspots are being dealt with and cooled, pointing out that the situation is currently reassuring and expressing his appreciation for the efforts of all the parties that contributed. Extinguishing the fire, whether in Syrian or Lebanese territory.
Engineer Qatana indicated that the fire did not extend over large areas in Syrian territory, as the fire spread to a distance of no less than 2 km and a depth of about 500 meters, but it caused great damage to the vegetation cover and biological diversity, because most of the trees planted on the site are of the perennial type of conifers, oaks and others.
In turn, Eng. Bassam Parsik, Governor of Homs, pointed out that for three days from the moment the governorate was informed of the fire, members of the Civil Defense, Forestry, Agriculture, Police Command and members of the Syrian Arab Army headed to the site to limit the spread of the fire and put it out, noting that the remaining outposts are currently being cordoned off with the participation of Army hovercraft and then cooled.
Engineer Nazih Al-Rifai, Director of Homs Agriculture, stated that the fire was dealt with in the woods of the village of Wakoum by dividing the area into several sections and completely encircling the fire, but the wind contributed to spreading the fire to distances that sometimes reached more than fifty meters suddenly, indicating that cooling operations are currently underway in the area in a manner Full.
Osama Saab, the mayor of Akum village, expressed his appreciation for the great efforts made by the army, civil defense, agriculture and all activities in the region since the outbreak of the fire on the Lebanese side to prevent the spread of fire to Syrian territory despite the difficult and rugged terrain of the area and the flames of fire.
Rashid Mahrez from the village pointed out that the fire moved from the Lebanese territory quickly and suddenly, so efforts were united to put it out, while Hussein Shibli from the village also pointed out that the fire was put out by the efforts of the Syrian Arab Army, the people of the area and the Civil Defense, but the loss was in the forest trees. While Radwan Tarboush, a resident of the village, said: “We faced great difficulties until the fire was extinguished, and we continue to cool the place.”
The Lebanese citizen, Samer Al-Rashaini, in turn, said: “We came to the support of our people in Syria to put out the fire and to prevent its spread,” while Sherif Jaafar said, “The fire extended from the forests of the villages of Lebanon in Qobayat, to the Lebanese Akrom, to the Syrian forests of Akum, and we did our utmost to prevent its spread, hand in hand with the Syrian brothers.” “.
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