Wildfires in Syria’s West Contained After 10 Days

AFP | Damascus

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Syria’s civil defence agency yesterday said wildfires in the country’s west — which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations — had been brought under control after 10 days.

In a statement on Facebook, the agency said that “with the spread of the fires halted and the fire hotspots brought under control on all fronts” on Saturday, teams on the ground were working to cool down the affected areas while monitoring any signs of reignition.

The blazes in the coastal province of Latakia broke out amid an intense heatwave across the region.

The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said they destroyed about 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest and farmland.