Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he's called on the international community for help, with Greek Cyprus
and Greece already reported to have sent specialised aircraft to help extinguish the fires.
and Greece already reported to have sent specialised aircraft to help extinguish the fires.
By Tyler Durden: The government of Lebanon has issued an urgent cry for help from the international community as its emergency services have been caught unprepared while trying to battle over 100 fires which have spread throughout the Chouf region of Lebanon, south of Beirut, forcing mass evacuations of homes and at least one firefighter's death."Fire engines were overwhelmed by the flames in the Mount Lebanon region early Tuesday," The Washington Post reports. The report notes the fires have reached into three provinces of Syria as well helped in part due to a "heat wave hitting the region and strong winds helped intensify the fires in pine forests".
Lebanon's Minister of Environment, Fadi Jreissati, has blamed the still raging fires on arson and is calling for "severe punishments" if the perpetrators are apprehended.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he's called on the international community for help, with Cyprus and Greece already reported to have sent aircraft to help extinguish the fires. Hariri also vowed those behind it would "pay a heavy price".The Lebanese Army is said to be spearheading response efforts alongside over one hundred firefighters and additional volunteers to put the fires out, fueled by an especially dry season.
Many homes in the Chouf mountains of densely populated central Lebanon were gutted by the forest fires.
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