The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced in a statement on Thursday the arrest of four Syrian nationals suspected of having caused a major forest fire in the Metn region last October. When questioned, the suspects admitted that they were “cutting and loading wood in the Nabay forest (below Beit Misk) without a permit, and that they had lit the fire to prepare coffee.” trigger a fire.
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“They have to put out the fire quickly, otherwise there will be nothing left of this valley”
The ISF mention a fire which started “on October 28”. However, according to Civil Defense spokesperson Elie Khairallah, it is probably the same disaster that began to ravage the Metn valley on October 22, from Raboué to Jouret el-Ballout. This fire posed great difficulties for the firefighters to put it out, due to the uneven nature of the terrain.
The four suspects were arrested on November 20, following investigations carried out by the Jdeidé judicial police, add the FSI, who seized “two wood saws in their possession”.
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced in a press release on Thursday the arrest of four Syrian nationals suspected of having caused a major forest fire in the Metn region last October. When questioned, the suspects admitted that they were “cutting and loading wood in the Nabay forest (below Beit Misk) without a permit, and that they had…
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