The civil defense responds to 21 fires throughout Syria without registering any casualties Details: The Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management announced that yesterday, Wednesday, November 4, Syria's civil defense teams responded to 21 fires throughout Syria, including houses, commercial stores, weeds, trees, garbage and electrical wires. The ministry explained that the teams worked to put out the fires, cool their sites and secure them, without registering any civilian casualties, while the damage was limited to substantial losses. The ministry called on citizens to refrain from starting fires in forest areas and agricultural fields, not to throw cigarette butts and glass containers, to refrain from burning dry weeds near houses and roads and to evacuate them by safe routes.