Friday 26 / April / 2024
Muscat: Firefighters fought for 15 hours beginning Tuesday night to extinguish a massive blaze at a farm in Dhank, some 312km from Muscat.
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The fire, which broke out late Tuesday night, continued burning until Wednesday afternoon.
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According to tweets by the Public Authority for Civil Defense and Ambulances (PACDA), the fire began at about 9pm on Tuesday.
“Water tankers, with a capacity of 10,000 gallons, were rushed to the site,” the PACDA tweeted.
No casualties were reported.
The announcement by authorities about putting out the firewas praised by the public, with many
lauding the authority’s efforts and praying for the well-being of the fire fighters.
Last week in Izki, five people were injured in a fire, and earlier in May a massive fire damaged four warehouses in Al Ansab.
There were three fires reported in Oman over a 24 hour periodduring the second week of May.
According to experts, it is common for the number of fires to increase in summer, however, a lack of safety precautions is the main cause of fires.
In March, Colonel Said Al Asmi, assistant general manager for operations at the Royal Oman Police (ROP), said that fire threats remain a major challenge for businesses in Oman, especially in summer.
“The unorganised and poorly marked storage of cables and flammable materials in many buildings raise the risk of damage by fire,” he said.
Oman records a fire incident every three hours, according to a 2015 report by the National Centre for Statistics and Information.
Reports show that 3,335 fires were reported in Oman in 2014, with 23 per cent of thesefires occurring in residential buildings.
Also in 2014, 755 house fires, 55 building fires and 57 apartment fires were reported.
