Units of Civil Defense Control the Fires at Fatimah (PBUH) Courtyard near the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH).

The units of civil defense in the holy shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH) cooperated with those of Najaf municipality and controlled the fires at Fatimah courtyard near the holy shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH) without causing any significant human or material losses.

The Colonel Rasheed Thabit the assistant head of the civil defense department in the city stated, “Today’s morning at nine sharp we heard the news of the fire. Our fire engines moved to Fatimah courtyard immediately. We noticed that the teams of the civil defense of the holy shrine of imam Ali (PBUH) could control the fire. Forty minutes later, the fire was totally controlled. The sparks flying out the welding machine burnt some of the beds and bedcovers of the foreign workers causing the fire.”