Shafaq News-Kirkuk
A firedestroyed about 10 dunams (1 hectare) of wheat fields in Kirkuk, northern Iraq,a source from the province's Civil Defense Directorate told Shafaq News onThursday.
Defenseteams contained the fire that erupted in the village of Qabzoua inAl-Hawija district, preventing it from spreading to neighboring farmland.
No injurieswere reported, and authorities have opened an investigation to determine thecause of the incident.
Farmlandfires have repeatedly struck Kirkuk during the current harvest season, causinglosses for local farmers, amid high temperatures. Over the past three weeks,authorities have recorded at least five separate blazes across the province,including in Al-Hawija, Yaychi, and areas south and southwest of Kirkuk,destroying dozens of dunams of wheat fields.
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