The governor of Kazerun announced Thursday evening that a wildfire in the mountainous area of the county has reignited, despite earlier reports of control. He said the rugged terrain requires more than four hours of climbing to reach the fire centers. Authorities issued a call for mountain climbers, environmental activists, youth, and local residents familiar with the area to join firefighting efforts to prevent further spread and environmental damage.
The governor of Kazerun, a county in southwestern Iran (Fars province), reported that a wildfire in the region's mountainous area has flared up again, despite earlier announcements that firefighters had contained the blaze. In a statement carried by Iranian news channels, the governor described the difficult access to the fire's focal points, requiring a climb of over four hours on rough mountain trails. He appealed to mountain climbers, environmental volunteers, youth, and locals to assist firefighting crews in preventing the fire from spreading and causing extensive environmental harm.
As The Zioneer has previously reported, wildfires have been an ongoing challenge in Iran (famously in Kermanshah and other provinces). However, the current event is specifically in the Kazerun area, and details on the fire's size or the number of crews on site remain unconfirmed. Earlier today, a request for aerial firefighting planes was filed for a separate wildfire in the Ya'ar Rihan area (reported by The Zioneer), but no similar request has been reported for this event. The situation is developing, and the full scale of the rekindled fire remains unclear.
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