A massive fire erupted early Sunday in the area between the Midaneh-Kfar Reman plain and Arabsalim, in the Nabatiyeh district, rapidly spreading toward nearby forests and towns.
The blaze coincided with intense flights of Israeli quadcopter drones over the region, raising concerns that these drones may have ignited the fire by dropping highly flammable materials, particularly since several recent wildfires in southern woodlands occurred alongside Israeli drone activity.
Civil Defense teams, supported by the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim al-Tuffah Fire Brigade, the Union of Municipalities of Jabal al-Rihan, the Islamic Health Society, and the Scouts of the Islamic Risala Movement, worked to contain the flames.
Efforts were hampered by rugged terrain and the absence of direct access roads to many of the fire sites. Several cluster munitions, remnants of past Israeli bombardments, detonated during the operations, though no casualties were reported.
The area remains heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance, as it has been repeatedly targeted by shelling and airstrikes during periods of occupation and previous attacks.
Throughout the night, appeals were made to water tanker and agricultural tractor owners in the towns of Kfar Reman and Arabsalim to help supply water and bolster firefighting efforts.
By morning, after nearly six hours of work, Civil Defense teams succeeded in containing and extinguishing the fire, although it had already destroyed vast tracts of forest, broom and hawthorn shrubs, and dry grasslands.
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