KUWAIT, Oct 15 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's anti-fire teams have put off a huge blaze at a scrap tire graveyard in the northwestern Jahra Governorate.
In a press statement, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said the fire erupted today's afternoon at and quickly extended to a large area of the tire scrapyard which extends over an area of one million square meters.
But firefighting squads of four fire stations have rushed to the site and managed to isolate the fire in an area of 25,000 squares meters and before totally extinguishing it later.
No human casualties were reported due to the blaze, the FSD affirmed. (end) ays.tb.ibi