Firefighters on Sunday curbed forest fires that have been blazing since last Wednesday near Ketama in the province of Al Hoceima, said Regional Director of Water, Forests and Combating Desertification for the Northeast, Hassan Mazouz.
The official told Hespress, that by Sunday morning there remain two hotspots at the site of the fire where the blaze has destroyed about 70 hectares of cedar trees, green oaks, and cork oaks.
No human losses were recorded.
More than 300 members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, civil protection local authorities, Royal Gendarmerie, and auxiliary forces, as well as volunteers from the region, were mobilized to confront the fire.
A Canadian plane, that has in the last two days fought off 50 blazes was also put in place, as part of efforts to contain the fire.
The fires that erupted this summer have destroyed 10,300 hectares of land cover, displaced at least 5,200 families, and threatened the survival of 35 douars.
The North African nation, which is struggling under intense droughts, has in recent days been hit by soaring temperatures approaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).
On the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar, fires are also raging in southern Europe, from Spain and Portugal to France and Greece.
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