Several fires have been reported across various Lebanese regions, fueled by an intense heatwave.
A fire broke out at the waste sorting plant in Minyeh, sending thick clouds of smoke into the sky. Civil Defense teams from the Minyeh center intervened to extinguish the flames and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby farmland and residential areas.
Residents of the area issued urgent appeals to the relevant authorities, calling for the dispatch of rubble and bulldozers to contain the fire and limit its spread.
They stated that “the foul odors from the burning waste are severely harming both their health and the surrounding environment,” urging immediate action to prevent the situation from worsening.
Another fire erupted in a wheat field in the Taybeh plain in the Beqaa, near a tourist complex.
The blaze consumed the planted area, but Civil Defense teams successfully contained the fire and prevented it from reaching nearby homes.
A major fire also broke out at the Lebanese University entrance in the Hadath neighborhood, located in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
The circumstances behind this incident remain unknown.
In early May, the international environmental advocacy group Greenpeace raised the alarm over the effects of climate change in Lebanon. In this context, Lebanese Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani recalled that a state of emergency had been declared in the forestry sector to prevent such disasters.
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