Lebanon Is Burning.. Rising Temperatures Lead to Massive Fires

Georges Abou Moussa, head of operations at the Lebanese civil defense said on Tuesday that Lebanon has witnessed, during the last 24 hours, more than 104 fires that broke out in all the territory of Lebanon, pointing out that the civil defense forces are on alert, to control these fires.

Abou Moussa  added that the reason for these fires at night was wind speed that peaked at 104 kilometers an hour, adding that there were no casualties reported so far, according to An-Nahar Lebanon newspaper.

The number of vehicles belonging to the Civil Defense reached 200, while Cypriot jets arrived in Lebanon to put out fires.

Noteworthy, over the last two days,  rising temperatures in Lebanon have led to breaking out of fires in many areas while the speedy wind helped the spread of the fires.

The large-scale fires have engulfed a number of Lebanese areas, particularly in the district of Mount Lebanon, where it devastated large areas of forests and plantations.

On her part, Interior Minister Raya Hassan moved to the Cabinet headquarters in the early hours of this morning to follow up the development of the situation, and called for a meeting of the National Disaster Management Agency to discuss ways and efforts to control these fires.