A large fire broke out in two orchards northeast of Baqubah, the center of Diyala Governorate. A police source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: "A fire broke out due to an electrical short circuit in two orchards in the village of "Al-Saab" on the outskirts of Dar Al-Salam district, northeast of Baqubah." He added that the civil defense teams were able to control and extinguish the fire, after large agricultural areas were damaged. Source: National Iraqi News Agency
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