Forestry and Fire Monitoring Platform warns of the possibility of fires spreading during the next three days

Damascus (ST)_ The Forestry and Fire Monitoring Platform of the General Authority for Remote Sensing announced that the signs of the danger of the spread of fires indicate that the forest areas in northwest Syria will continue to be affected by the high level of danger from today until next Sunday.

 

The head of the platform in the authority, Dr. Rosa Karmouqa, indicated in a statement that the platform published an update  showing the map of the intensity of the fire spread index in forest areas, where the maps of fire severity in the forests of northwest Syria indicate a gradual rise in the level of its indicators during the next three days, accompanied by a general increase in the temperature, according to the Meteorological Department, ranges between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius.

 

Karmouqa pointed out that the area of forests affected by the high level of risk is expanding, and that it is possible to monitor the impact of some areas with a very high level of risk, pointing out that our Mediterranean forests are currently going through the height of the fire season and the danger of huge fires.

 

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