Syria: Hundreds of wheat fields burnt after fire in Hasakah countryside

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SOT, Bashar Muhammad al-Muhammad, Local resident (Arabic): "We are in the area of Zarqan Abu Rasin, since yesterday a fire broke out on the contact line between the Turks and the other factions on the first line we are on. The fire broke out, and the fire came from above towards us. We went to extinguish the fire and we could not, because the area between us became forbidden. If you go, a mine may explode you or be hit by shells. We are not even able to go to our lands, we dare not. We are on the first line of contact. The fire broke out and the fire came, and we could not go to extinguish them. You know, there are shells and mined lands. The fire came from above and approached towards us, and on his way it burned [the lands] from Abu Rasin passing through the Hermel hill *INAUDIBLE* and even Asadiyah, to the entire border and Bab Elkheir and these areas. These areas are the line of contact between us and them. About 20,000 dunums were burned, may be more. We have two people killed in the fire, and another two were seriously injured. All the lands are agricultural, planted wheat, are lost. As you can see, there is no power or strength except in God."
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SOT, Ahmed Al-Issa, Al-Asadiya resident (Arabic): "We are in the house of condolences in the village of Al-Asadiya, two martyrs in the village of Al-Asadiya died due to the fire. They were killed by the guilt of the militants and the 'Free Army'. The fire started in the village of Bab Al-Khair near Abu Rasin and Rabaieat, and reached the village of Al-Asadiyya, it passed by the villages of Um-Asheya, Tel Hermel, Al-Khadrawi, Bab Al-Faraj, Al-Abd Al-Hay, Nuaihat, Tel Hermal and Khatela. The area that burns is about 15,000 to 20,000 dunums. As a result of this fire, these two young men were killed. The people of the village went out to extinguish the fire with their tractors, and that what happened."
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At least two people were reported to have died and hundreds of wheat fields were destroyed after a fire broke out in countryside near Ras al-Ain, Hasakah Governorate.
Footage filmed on Friday shows the aftermath of charred fields with crops burnt to the ground, as well as smoke drifting in the distance.
Residents of Al-Asadiya village entering a tent were also recorded on camera.
"The fire broke out, and the fire came from above towards us. We went to extinguish the fire and we could not, because the area between us became forbidden. If you go, a mine may explode you or be hit by shells. We are not even able to go to our lands, we dare not," said Bashar Muhammad al-Muhammad.
"We have two people killed in the fire, and another two were seriously injured. All the lands are agricultural, planted wheat, are lost," he added.
According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) the cause of the fire is still unknown, with fingers pointed to different armed groups.​