Latakia-SANA
A citizen was seriously injured as a result of the explosion of a diesel tank while carrying out maintenance operations near the Engineers Syndicate in the city of Lattakia.
The commander of the Latakia Fire Brigade, Major Muhannad Jaafar, told SANA reporter that the accident occurred in one of Lattakia neighborhoods during the maintenance of one of the tanks (oxygen welding), as the welding process caused pressure, which led to the explosion due to the remnants of mazut inside the tank, and a citizen was injured as a result of which he was transferred to the hospital.
On the other hand, Jaafar explained that the fire brigade extinguished several fires today in the villages of Deir Hanna and Al-Azaira in the Qardaha area and at the dam junction near the town of Satamu, which is a dry weed.. while putting out another fire in an electricity tank in the seventh project neighborhood and a fire in a tourist car in the Annaba market in the middle of City.