Fire Erupted In Roumieh Forest

On Monday morning, a fire erupted in Roumieh forest, in Metn, with smoke seen covering the sky of the area.

Caretaker Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassine, revealed in a series of tweets that he has been following up on the extinguishment operation with the Minister of Defense, Maurice Selim, and the Director-General of Civil Defence, Raymond Khattar.

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He also mentioned that some volunteers were already heading towards the forest and thanked the Lebanese Army for helping extinguish the fire by sending helicopters.

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