Afrin.. Fires devour hundreds of forest, mountain and fruit trees in Rajo town

ARK News.. Fires continue to devour large areas of vegetation and fruit and forest trees in towns of Afrin city in Syrian Kurdistan.

Local sources from Afrin city said that the fires broke out on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in the forests of Mount Ba’ive and the villages of "Sheikh Muhammad - Kosa - Qastal Midanas" affiliated with Raju town in Afrin city in Syrian Kurdistan, and hundreds of forest, mountain and fruit and olive trees in the area were burned as a result of the fires.

According to documentation by the ARK website, fires have broken out since the beginning of summer in the following places:

- Fires broke out in the forests of Mount Hawar in the towns of Bilbile and Rajo, on August 11, 2024.

- The forests of Mount Hawar in the village of "Qori Gol", affiliated with the Bilbile town, on August 5, 2024, and continued for several hours.

- Forest and fruitful areas in the villages of (7 Midanas villages) affiliated with Rajo town, especially in the villages of (Kusa - Paneraka - Shingele), on the morning of Saturday, July 27, 2024.

- Forest and fruitful areas in the villages of Sarinjake and Bekhcha affiliated with Bulbul district, and the village of (Bilelko) and the villages of (7Midanas) in Rajo town, on the night of Tuesday - Wednesday, July 23 and 24, 2024.

- Agricultural lands and groves in a mountain adjacent to the village of Beke in Bilbile town in Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan, on Thursday (July 11, 2024).

- Agricultural lands and groves located between the villages of (7Midanas - Semalka - Adama - Bilelko) in Rajo town affiliated with the city of Afrin, on Sunday (July 8, 2024).

- The forests of Mount Billel in the Rajo town in Afrin city in Syrian Kurdistan, on Sunday (2/6/2024).

- Mount (Zênê) opposite Mount (Billel) due to the deliberate burning at the end of last May.

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