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The Tunisian Air Force carried out 155 flights to fight forest fires
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Air Force carried out during July and August 155 flights in 83 hours to provide air support to the fight against forest fires that broke out in the mountainous areas in western Tunisia Full text...
Morocco ready to help Algeria fight fires, says King Mohammed VI
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has expressed the readiness of his country to help Algeria fight forest fires that are ravaging several regions of the country and that have so far claimed 69 lives Full text...
Egypt dispatches two helicopters to help Greece extinguish wildfires
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Two Egyptian Chinook helicopters have arrived in Greece to join in efforts to extinguish wildfires raging in the country for seven days Full text...
Tunisia records more than 430 bushfires, destruction of 1,958 hectares of forests
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia as at 28 August recorded 438 fires that destroyed 1,958 hectares of forests and grasslands, the ministry of Agriculture announced here Sunday in a statement Full text...
Tunisian army drafted to fight wild fire in north-west Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian National Army units, supported by a military aircraft, on Thursday took part in Civil Protection efforts to control the huge fire that broke out in the Tabarka mountain range in northwestern Tunisia Full text...
Huge fire destroys hundreds of hectares of forest in central Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A huge fire broke out on Tuesday evening in Jebel Serj, in central Tunisia, destroying hundreds of hectares of forest, and is currently spreading towards western Jebel, which is in Siliana governorate Full text...