Rhayya fire over, fill up process on-going -- KFSD

(With photos) KUWAIT, April 18 (KUNA) -- Rhayya area's fire was extinguished successfully and the process of filling up would continue to prevent such an incident from re-happening, said Kuwait Fire Service Directorate here Wednesday.
KFSD's Deputy Chief of firefighting services and human resource Brigadier Yusuf Al-Ansari told KUNA that the location of the fire, a graveyard for disposable tires, was secure, adding that the area was in the process of being filled with sand so such an incident would not happen again in the future.
No injuries have occurred and hopefully the fill up would finish this evening, said the official.
He thanked all those who participated in the effort to put out the fire, saying that all government sides involved helped to save a lot of lives. (end) mdm.gta KUNA 181528 Apr 12NNNN