{"id":58655,"date":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/58655\/104-fires-in-24-hours-lebanon-is-burning"},"modified":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"104-fires-in-24-hours-lebanon-is-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/58655\/104-fires-in-24-hours-lebanon-is-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"104 Fires In 24 Hours, Lebanon Is Burning"},"content":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking. <br \/>  <br \/>  Massive wildfires have erupted in Lebanon, swallowing everything in their way. <br \/>  <br \/>  Forests, homes, schools, universities, roads, and more have been completely engulfed in the flames, leaving little behind. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lebanon is burning.Probably the biggest fire this country has seen.<br>Houses have been destroyed, acres of trees have been razed..<br>We dont have the necessary equipment\/tools to fight the raging wildfires<br>We need international help<br> Share the message &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrayForLebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrayForLebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%82?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vntPTInEJP\">pic.twitter.com\/vntPTInEJP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Romy (@romyjournalist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/romyjournalist\/status\/1183995249351446528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  People are being evacuated from their homes, not knowing whether they&#8217;ll find a way back. <br \/>  <br \/>  The fires, which originally started in Mechref, have thus far spread across neighboring areas like Debbieh, Na&#8217;ameh, Damour, Aramoun, and more.  Meanwhile, more fires broke out in Akkar overnight and in the early hours of the morning. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ya Allah, pray for Lebanon \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7\ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffc this is absolutely devastating, I hope everyone gets out safely. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prayforlebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#prayforlebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lebanonfires?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lebanonfires<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Z4poWKTL6\">pic.twitter.com\/5Z4poWKTL6<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Noor Abdallah (@noorabdallah24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noorabdallah24\/status\/1183921859743637505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Civil defense teams alone are incapable of putting out the fires, thus Lebanon has resorted to Cypriot help. <br \/>  <br \/>  This is a nightmare. Pray for Lebanon.  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In any other nation, the president would declare state of emergency for fighting wildfires. Prime Minister would be on the ground observing operations. Responsible Ministers would be helping with their own hands. Only in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> do people burn alive while leaders remain asleep.<\/p>\u2014 Khaled Abdul Jawad (@KhaledAJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhaledAJ\/status\/1183949826754523136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbreaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-58655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[180],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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