- Title: Firefighters work on extinguishing wildfires in Syria's Latakia countryside
- Date: 7th July 2025
- Summary: LATAKIA COUNTRYSIDE, SYRIA (JULY 6, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING WILDFIRES AND SMOKE RISING DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES, WATER TANKS AND PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR WILDFIRES' LOCATION LATAKIA COUNTRYSIDE, SYRIA (JULY 6, 2025) (REUTERS) FIREFIGHTER AND MEMBER OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL DEFENCE SPRAYING WATER ON FIRE VARIOUS OF SYRIAN CIVIL DEF
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- Keywords: Latakia Syria civil defence environment hectares naturea security war wildfires
- Location: LATAKIA COUNTRYSIDE, SYRIA
- City: LATAKIA COUNTRYSIDE, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Environment,Middle East,Nature/Wildlife
- Reuters ID: LVA001781807072025RP1
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- Story Text:Firefighters and members of the Syrian civil defence, also known as the White Helmets, tried on Sunday (July 6) to extinguish wildfires in Latakia countryside, northwest of the country.
Widlfires burnt 10,000 hectares of forest in 28 locations, Syria's minister of emergency and disaster management Raed al-Saleh, said in a post on X on Sunday.
More than 80 teams of civil defence were working to put out the fires that started the week before, he added.
Syrian state news agency SANA said on Monday (July 7) that teams were still working for the fifth consecutive day, and Turkish, Jordanian firefighters had joined the efforts.
Mayor of Qastal al-Maaf, Ammar Kolli, said hundreds of civilians were evacuated because of the wildfires that "burnt everything". No civilians injuries were reported, he added.
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