Civil Defense stops extension of fire on all axes and continue the process of cooling in several areas

Damascus, SANA- Director of the Syrian Civil Defense in Latakia, Abdul Kafi Kayal, said that firemen, with support of people, were able to stop the extension of forest fires in the countryside of Latakia, Hama.

kayal added in a statement to SANA’s reporter that control of all the fires has not been fully completed, due to the presence of some hotspots, and the possibility of their renewed ignition in a number of sites that have been extinguished, due to the speed of the winds, He indicated that new fires broke out today in forests in the vicinity of the town of Marmarita in Homs countryside, and that the firefighting teams and firemen immediately went to deal with.