Colonel Sadeq Rostamzadeh said that the border guardsmen were patrolling along the joint border that they reported a fire approaching from Iraq.

According to IRNA the official added that the local officials stepped in as soon as possible to control the situation.

He noted that the Iranian border guards and the fire fighters managed to extinguish the fire after 12 hours of heavy battle with the blaze.

No one was damaged in the fire and it left little damages to natural resources, Rostamzadeh further noted.

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