At least three firefighters died on Monday evening during a fire in a forest in northern Morocco, the country’s authorities said. Two others were seriously injured. The five firefighters were in their vehicle which fell into a ravine as they battled the flames, they added. “A preliminary investigation says this …
Read More »Forest fires in Morocco: heavy toll
One person died in the violent fires that ravaged remote wooded areas of northern Morocco since Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of a thousand families, authorities told AFP on Friday. “The body of a person with multiple burns was found” in one of the fires in the Larache region, according …
Read More »Morocco battles wildfires in the north
Moroccan authorities were on Thursday battling to put out multiple wildfires burning through forests in four provinces in the north amid a heat wave. Hundreds of families have been evacuated “as a precaution” from Larache and Taza provinces, and transport in the areas has been disrupted. No casualties have been …
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