Breaking: A Wildfire Is Devouring A Forest In Akkar
As smoke in Beirut billows after a massive fire at the port , another fire is raging in the north of Lebanon.
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The beautiful Qammouaa forest in Akkar , full of precious thousand-year-old trees, is going up in flames.
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During efforts to put out the fire that's devouring one of Akkar's finest forests, 5 volunteers were injured and had to be taken to nearby hospitals by the Lebanese Red Cross.
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Efforts to put out the fire in the historic forest are still underway and local volunteers are urgently requesting more helping hands.
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"What hasn't burned in this country yet?" asked a frustrated Twitter user.
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According to Akkar Trail , negligence is the cause of this disaster, which could have been controlled had there been a rapid intervention. The group attributes the fire's spread to a lack of the existence of plans to combat fires.
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