Massive forest fires in Syria

 Massive forest fires in Syria

Massive wildfires in war-torn Syria this week have killed at least two people and burned large tracts of land, according to state media and officials in neighboring Lebanon.

Hundreds of hectares had been burned in the countryside in the Syrian coastal provinces of Latakia ,Tartus, as well as in the central province of Homs.

The fire killed at least two people in Latakia province on Friday and left 70 others hospitalized with respiratory problems, the health ministry said.

Syrian Agriculture Minister Mohammed Hassan Katana fired dozens of fires at a radio station on Friday, including "45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus."

#Syria is engulfed in flames, large swathes of land devastated, houses destroyed, little or no support, even from allied countries. When will it end! pic.twitter.com/tDzlreUOwd

— Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) October 9, 2020

 

A fire broke out in a building in Qardahah used as storage for a state-owned tobacco company, part of which collapsed. According to local media reports, the city's local hospital was also engulfed in flames.