Fouad Assali, director of the National Center for Forest Climate Risk Management in Morocco, said that “the response teams of the water sector, forestry, civil protection, the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Gendarmerie, the auxiliaries and local authorities continue their efforts to contain the 4 forest fires that broke out in provinces of Larache and Larache. And Tetuan, in addition to the fifth fire in the province of Taza.

In a press statement, he explained that “hundreds of people and a significant number of tanker trucks and ground vehicles have been mobilized to fight these fires, supported by four Canaders of the Royal Armed Forces and four Turbos belonging to the armed forces. Royal Gendarmerie. He pointed out that “strong easterly winds and high temperatures, especially in the regions of Larache and Ouazzan, contributed to the complexity of the task of the task forces.”

Al-Assali indicated that “the fires have damaged up to 800 ha of forest cover in the Sebt el Qila/Bogdian (Larache province) fire, 80 ha in the Sahel el Mansala (Larash province) and 190 ha in the result of a fire in a fire in Mokrissat/Zumi (Uzzane province). )”.