Damascus, Oct. 25 (SANA) Twenty-five people were injured in traffic accidents and fires across several Syrian governorates over the past 24 hours, as emergency response teams from the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management responded to the incidents.
The Civil Defense Directorate said on its Telegram channel on Sunday that 17 traffic accidents had left 23 people injured. Response teams provided first aid before transporting the injured to hospitals for necessary treatment. They also cleared the accident sites and secured the affected areas.
Civil Defense teams responded to 47 fires across Syria, involving homes, commercial shops, weeds, trees, rubbish and electrical wires.
The teams extinguished the fires, cooled the affected sites and secured the areas. The fires left two people injured, including a civilian and a firefighter. Both received first aid, while the damage was limited to property.
The directorate urged the public to avoid lighting fires in forested areas and agricultural fields and not to throw cigarette butts or glass bottles along roadsides, particularly near crops and forests.
It also called on residents to refrain from burning dry grass around homes or along roadsides and to remove it using safe methods.
On Friday, 19 people were injured in traffic accidents across several governorates, prompting responses from Civil Defense teams.
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