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Damascus: Syrian and Lebanese authorities confirmed on Sunday that the fires that raged in parts of the two countries in recent days had been brought under control.
In Syria, fires broke out, fueled by high temperatures, on Friday in the Homs, Tartous and Latakia governorates, where at least three people were killed, according to the Health Ministry.
Many families were forced to flee the residential areas near the burning places, according to media reports.
And on Sunday, the official Syrian news agency “SANA” quoted the governor of Latakia, Ibrahim Khader Al-Salem, as saying that “the firefighting and civil defense teams, with the support of the army units and the people , they control all the fires in the governorate with remaining smoke points that are being served by the different fire extinguishing teams that are still working. On the cooling of the bulbs ”.
And “SANA” reported that all fires were controlled in Tartous, while firefighting crews managed to extinguish a fire burning in a forest in the village of “near Ali” throughout the western countryside of Homs.
Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous stated that efforts are being made to reduce the damage caused by the fires and to support people who have been forced to flee their homes.
In Lebanon, more than a hundred fires have also been controlled in forests since Thursday, according to a Civil Defense source.
Authorities in both countries have yet to reveal the full extent of the damage caused by the fires.
In Israel, the fire brigade reported that the fires caused by the heat wave were brought under control on Friday night.
The Israeli fire service said in a statement Saturday that “after more than 30 hours of fighting them, we were able to control the main fires … (but) we must remain vigilant.”
(AFP)
