{"id":191956,"date":"2020-05-18T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=191956"},"modified":"2020-05-18T16:44:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:44:45","slug":"large-fire-extinguished-in-sweida-countryside-fires-damage-fields-in-hasaka-and-daraa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=191956","title":{"rendered":"Large fires extinguished in Sweida and Hama, fires damage fields in Hasaka and Daraa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Provinces, SANA – Civil Defense personnel, in cooperation with the authorities and locals, extinguished a large fire that burned down large areas filled with dry grass at the Jordanian-Syrian borders, which had damaged barely fields in Sweida’s southwestern countryside.<\/p>\n

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The fire had started in Jordan and extended into Syrian territory, with the wind causing the blaze to expand and reach agricultural fields before it was put out.<\/p>\n

Local sources said the fire damaged more than 3 hectares of barley fields.<\/p>\n

In al-Safawi village south of Salamiya in Hama province, firefighters and locals extinguished a large fire which started in an area of 11 hectares where cumin, olive, and pistachio are cultivated.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in Hasaka, fires during this season damaged around 1850 hectares of wheat and barley fields, specifically 1110 hectares of wheat and 740 hectares of barley.<\/p>\n

Director of the local Agriculture Directorate Rajab Salameh attributed the fires to both negligence and deliberate arson caused by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries.<\/p>\n

In Daraa province, fires during this season have damaged 6 hectares of wheat and barley in various parts of the province.<\/p>\n