Esmaeil Karimi, an environmental activist and employee of the Natural Resources Department in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, has died from severe burns sustained while fighting a wildfire in the Kanishah pastures on 22 July.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karimi was airlifted from the scene of the fire to Kowsar Hospital in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, where he died of his injuries today.
The activist had suffered burns to over 80% of his body.
Karimi’s funeral will take place later today in the village of Najafabad in Kamyaran.
