IRNA - Firefighters managed to bring under control the wildfire broke out in Khaeez forest, protected area, southwestern Iran, five days ago, Governor of Kohkilouyeh and Boyerahmad Province announced on Monday. The wildfire was contained thanks to the round-the-clock efforts taken by firefighters, people, officials and Islamic Revolution Guards ...

ISNA | Alireza Mohammadi: Vast fires have been raging in the Khaeez protected forest in southwest Iran since Thursday, May 28. Hours after local officials reported that the fires had been extinguished and controlled on Saturday, the Governor oh Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province said that the fires had once again begun raging in the forest, killing ...

IRNA - Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Army have dispatched their helicopters to Zagros long mountain range in northwestern Iran to contain forest fire. The helicopters have been sent to the scene after the firm order issued by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to extinguish fire in forests of Bushehr, south of Iran, and Khuzestan,...

Tehran Times While efforts have been made to put out the wildfire erupted in northwestern Arasbaran forest, it reignited and burnt the forest, head of East Azarbaijans disaster management organization has announced. Wildfire swept through protected areas of Dizmar village, in Varzaghan county, last week. Although the massive fire was put out but ...

IRNA Firefighters put out extensive forest fire in Arasbaran forest in East Azarbaijan province, northwestern Iran, after four days campaign on Friday night. Fire in the forest of Arasbaran is nothing new; since the beginning of the current Iranian year the forest caught fire 24 times. But the latest fire was unprecedented; it started on the ...

MNA Forest fires have killed at least four people, injured several others near the western city of Marivan, Kurdistan province. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network TV (IRINN), wildfires that have recently been burning the forests in Marivan governorate in the western province of Kurdistan have killed and injured several conservationists....

IRNA Fire which started in Iran's northern jungle road on Saturday was extinguished after about 30 hours, a local official announced. Human factor had caused the fire in a village in Marzanabad, Vajihollah Mousavi, head of Mazandaran Natural Resources Department, told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Increase in wind speed and temperature ...

IRNA Fire which started on Saturday in Iran's northern jungle road in Marzanabad, Mazandaran Provine continues as emergency units asked for helicopters following rising temperature and wind speed, a local official said. The helicopters are to extinguish the fire which started in a difficult-to-pass area, Mehrdad Khazaei, head of Chalus Natural ...

MNA An Iranian airline provided two MI-171 helicopters, each with a maximum capacity of 4,000 liters of water, to play a role in bring forest fires under control in Georgia. Reza Jafarzadeh, Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Public Relations Office, made the announcement explaining that the Iranian airline helped contain a major forest ...

With the gradual rise in temperatures as summer sets in comes the added risk of wildfires, and on the weekend Iran got a taste of what may be in store in the scorching months ahead. In two separate incidents on Friday, wildfires incinerated 150 hectares of Zagros Forests in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province and burned 5 hectares in Ilam Province, ...

Frequent wildfires in Iran have raised concerns over the efficacy of protection that forests receive. More than 100 hectares of woodlands were consumed by forest fires in the first three months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) and experts fear with the advent of scorching summer months, wildfires will become more common. Wildfires ...

ARDEBIL, Aug. 03 (MNA) The governor of border city of Germi in northwestern province of Ardebil has said the wildfire raging in Azerbaijni side of the border has now been controlled. Mohammad Alaie told Irans state news agency IRNA on Sunday that since last night when the wildfire started to consume the dense forests of Azerbaijan near Iranian ...

Another forest fire reportedly started in Golestan National Park on Friday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the Golestan Province Department of the Environment. Environmental officials say the fire, which started at 5 PM local time, has been spreading rapidly, and forest rangers are on the scene trying to bring it under control. The department ...

The head of Iran's Forest Protection Unit says the incidence of forest fires rose by an unprecedented 40 percent in the past year due to excessive heat and droughts. The Etemad daily reports that on Saturday July 26, Qassem Sabzali said: Budget shortages have made it impossible for the Forest Organizations to maintain the equipment to adequately deal ...

A number of suspicious fires have burned hundreds of acres of Irans Golestan National Park in recent days. The last of these incidents occurred on Tuesday July 8 and affected more than 400 acres of Golestan National Parks forests. Some reports indicate that the fires may have been deliberate. The head of Irans Environment and Wildlife Watch reports ...