Civil defense teams respond to 23 fires across Syria without recording casualties. Details: Yesterday, Saturday, October 31, the Syria Civil Defense teams in the Emergency and Disaster Management Office responded to 23 fires across Syria. The fires that broke out included homes, shops, grass, trees, garbage, and power lines, as teams worked to extinguish them, cool their locations, and secure them. Damage from the fires was entirely limited to material losses, with no civilian casualties. The teams reminded people of the need not to start fires in forested areas and agricultural fields, and to avoid throwing cigarette butts or glass containers on the sides of roads, especially near agricultural crops and forests. The teams called for avoiding the burning of dry weeds around homes or road shoulders and working to clear them in safe ways in order to preserve public safety.

Civil defense teams respond to 23 fires across Syria without recording casualties. Details: Yesterday, Saturday, October 31, the Syria Civil Defense teams in the Emergency and Disaster Management Office responded to 23 fires across Syria. The fires that broke out included homes, shops, grass, trees, garbage, and power lines, as teams worked to extinguish them, cool their locations, and secure them. Damage from the fires was entirely limited to material losses, with no civilian casualties. The teams reminded people of the need not to start fires in forested areas and agricultural fields, and to avoid throwing cigarette butts or glass containers on the sides of roads, especially near agricultural crops and forests. The teams called for avoiding the burning of dry weeds around homes or road shoulders and working to clear them in safe ways in order to preserve public safety.