July 05, 2020 –Socotra Online
Reporting and Photography: Mohamed Said Mohaimed
On Friday, July 03, 2020, a fire broke out in one of the orchards in Kadeh. The fire expanded to one of the adjacent orchards. The team worked hard to put out the fire till midnight to ensure the fire was completely over.
Socotra Online was present at the site of the fire and met the owner of the orchard and several citizens, who said that they were surprised of it happened, and we did not know the circumstances of the fire.
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed, Owner of the orchard, said that it led to the destruction of the palm trees and the crop of the dates in it. There are some palm trees that were not reached by fire, and Sheikh Khalifa Foundation team was able to be present at the appropriate time and put out the fire. We wish to express our deep appreciation to Khalifa Foundation and the firefighting team. One of the firefighters, Mohamed Hassan Al-Yousfi, thanked the United Arab Emirates and the firefighting team of Socotra International Airport, which was funded by Khalifa Foundation in addition to the firefighting mechanisms and vehicles provided by the Foundation.
The citizen Nasser Saad Noah Arabhi expressed his thanks and gratitude to the United Arab Emirates for the outstanding effort. He explained that the fire broke out in one of the orchards in the Kadeh, and thank God it was handled and extinguished with great professionalism by the firefighting team of Khalifa Foundation.
It was worth noting that Khalifa Foundation and its civil defense team carried out outstanding tasks and were always ready for any emergency in the Socotra Archipelago.
