21 vehicles, 78 firemen deployed in Buri village

Manama : General Director of Civil Defence, Brigadier Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ammer has highlighted that 21 vehicles and 78 personnel were deployed to control the fire near Buri village.

He said that the civil defence teams reached the site within three minutes. The General Director asserted that the presence of the Interior Minister and the Chief of Public Security at the site boosted the morale of the civil defence staff.

He highlighted to Bahrain Television that as part of the evacuation plan, around 400 individuals were evacuated with the assistance of the security forces. Some of the families whose homes were damaged because of the fire were sheltered at a school and then moved to Al Karama Home.

He said that the National Disaster Management Centre was activated and experts of the Bapco were asked to come to the site to close the main supply key of the pipeline.

The concerned authorities of the Interior Minister were notified to secure the areas and the surrounding roads, as well as the Electricity and Water Authority to take the required procedures.