In a statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency, OIC Secretary-General Hussein Ibrahim Taha expressed “his sincere condolences to Morocco, King and people, as well as to the relatives of the victims of the fires that occurred in several regions of the country.
The General Secretariat has also reiterated its support to Morocco, as well as its belief in its ability to overcome the effects of this ordeal.
On Wednesday, the provincial director of the National Agency for Water and Forests of Tetouan, Othmane El Azzaoui, told M24, MAP’s 24-hour-rolling news channel, that air and ground interventions have largely neutralized the danger of expansion of the fire that broke out on Monday.
He specified that efforts are currently focused on the elimination of small foci of embers to avoid a resumption of the fire, which has destroyed nearly 125 ha of forest cover, formed mainly of eucalyptus, pine and secondary grasses.
El Azzaoui also stressed that aerial interventions, conducted through three Canadair aircraft specialized in firefighting that have carried out a total of 138 drop operations, have helped to extinguish the most dangerous fires and prevent their spread despite the adverse natural conditions.
