Irbid CDD prevents cross-border wildfire from spreading

AMMAN — Irbid Civil Defence Department (CDD) personnel and the concerned authorities in Northern Valley on Monday continued operations to prevent a cross-border fire that broke out on Monday afternoon in the western side of the Jordan River from the Israeli side.

Northern Valley Administrator Ali Hawamdeh said firefighters managed to prevent the wildfire that burnt some 4km along the border of the Jordan River from spreading into the Kingdom’s agricultural lands, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Personnel from the CDD, municipalities, agriculture directorates, the Jordan Valley Authority and the region’s farmers are on alert to prevent any further spread of the fire, he added.