Massive fire erupts in Makkah’s Taif, continues to blaze

MAKKAH: A massive fire erupted early Wed. in the morning continues to blaze on Jabal Amad within the Taif governorate in Makkah area in Saudi.

Civil defense groups dashed to the website & evacuated the locals & caution them to stay far from the fire websites.

As per an announcement tweeted, Saudi Arabia Civil Defence groups are battling constantly to extinguish the wildfire that spread quickly because of powerful winds & dry woods within the region.

Media records also said that huge regions of governorate’s agricultural land has been destroyed within the massive fire.

A video footage published by Makkah area authority shows the flames covering a big region of the mountain.