On January 14, a fire, caused by a heater, broke out in a tent sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Basqala camp in Babsqa village in northern rural Idlib governorate.
A civilian and his wife suffered suffocation symptoms as a result of the fire, and were transferred to a hospital for treatment, while the tent was completely destroyed in the blaze, with an adjacent tent partially destroyed. The area is under the control of armed opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) calls on international relief organizations to meet the urgent basic needs of IDPs’ camps, and to supply the camps’ administration with additional tents for emergencies.
