TEHRAN, October 06 - Egypt used air force helicopters on Saturday to fight a fire which swept through palm plantations in the southwest of the country, threatening residential areas, state news agency MENA reported.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The agency said that 30 people were hurt, mostly due to smoke inhalation, from the fire which broke out on Friday near the New Valley provincial village of el-Rashda.
Authorities declared a high state of emergency and evacuated houses as firefighters, backed by four fire-fighting air force helicopters, battles the flames, the agency said.
There were no reports of deaths and most of the injured were released after treatment at a school after the local clinic was gutted by the fire, the agency said.
New Valley Governor Mohamed el-Zamlout was quoted as saying that the fire had affected a 60-feddan (62 acre) area of palm plantations and was threatening to spread to another village.
Source: Reuters
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