happening now | A huge fire in Kuwait, and the winds push smoke emissions towards Saudi Arabia. See the satellite images

Written By سنان خلف on 2023/06/02

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Satellite images monitor the rush of dense clouds of smoke from Kuwait towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, resulting from a huge fire that broke out in a tire dump in the Salmi area.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The northwestern wind pushed the cloud of smoke and carbon emissions towards the borders and then the Saudi interior.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> happening now | Dense smoke monitored by satellites emanating from Kuwait and being pushed by winds towards Saudi Arabia, resulting from a huge fire in a tire dump in the Salmi area in Kuwait <a href="https://t.co/dUDp99lGH4">pic.twitter.com/dUDp99lGH4</a></p> - Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1664652363234430978?ref_src=t... 2, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> For its part, the Civil Defense Department in the State of Kuwait announced the outbreak of a large fire in the tire landfill in Al-Salmi area on an area of more than 3 thousand square meters, and that 4 firefighting teams are currently dealing with the fire.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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