Raging Wildfires in north Syria kill four firefighters

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and Global Warming*

*Raging Wildfires in north Syria kill four firefighters*

22 Sep 2007 20:57:25 GMT
Source: Reuters

DAMASCUS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Four firefighters died battling forest
fires that have been raging in northern Syria since Wednesday, the
official news agency said on Saturday.

Planes from neighbouring Turkey had joined Syrian teams to try to
contain the fires, which had spread to the area around the main road
between the trading hub of Aleppo and the port of Latakia on the
Mediterranean, the agency said.

Witnesses said several villages had been evacuated and a number of side
roads closed, but no more casualties were reported.

Above-average temperatures have contributed to a series of forest fires
in Syria over the past few months.