Sfax fire: Used tires complicate firefighting operation
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- A fire broke out Sunday on Saltnia Road, 17 kilometers from the start of the road, in Sakiet Ezzit, Sfax governorate.
- Lieutenant Colonel Khalil Mechri said used tires were complicating the extinguishing operation.
Used tires complicated efforts to extinguish a fire that broke out Sunday on Saltnia Road in Sakiet Ezzit, in Tunisia's Sfax governorate.
The fire occurred at kilometer 17 of the road. Lieutenant Colonel Khalil Mechri, president of the regional operations and monitoring department at the Civil Protection operations directorate, described the difficulty facing firefighters.
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