Wildfires Archives - KHRN

July 24, 2024

Environmental activist dies from injuries sustained in Kamyaran wildfire

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...

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