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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
DAMASCUS, July 4 (Xinhua) — An unspecified fire broke out on Friday afternoon in the bushes near the Qasr al-Shaab presidential palace located on a mountaintop overlooking the capital Damascus, filling much of the area with thick black smoke, local media and eyewitnesses reported.
According to the Syrian state television channel Al-Ikhbariya, the fire broke out in the kitchen in one of the residence’s gardens, and not inside the building.
The report said that civil defense forces are currently trying to contain the fire.
A nearby Xinhua reporter said he saw huge plumes of smoke filling the Mazzeh district in the west of the Syrian capital. –0–