Qobayat, Lebanon: Lebanese firefighters struggled for the second day to load forest fires in the north of the country who had spread throughout the border to Syria, civil defense officials in both countries said Thursday.
The fire killed at least one person, a 15-year-old boy boy, who helped the fire fighting efforts in Lebanon.
Lebanese civil defense said it was mobilizing 25 fire trucks, supported by four air force helicopters and military units, to issue flames.
But the fire continued to be angry, spread to the east, and had influenced most of the forests in the north of the mountains.
Residents posted videos and pictures of forest forest, blackened trees and fire on the top of the mountain, because the fire was closed in Qobayat Village.
There is no official estimate affected.
The Lebanese Red Cross said at the end of Wednesday, he evacuated 17 people and treated more than 30, including eight who had been hospitalized.
The fire began on Wednesday in the North Akkar Province and has since spread to the border area of the Syrian Homs Province.
The Qobayat road is described as having several of the most beautiful forests in Lebanon, with oak, pine and cedar.
The Lebanon national news agency said at the end of Wednesday, the fire spread more than seven kilometers (four miles) and a width of two kilometers (1.2 miles), claiming tens of thousands of pine trees so far.
In Syria, Syrian firefighters also struggled to load fires in villages in the Al-Qusair area, according to the state news agency there.
The Syrian military helicopter has also taken part in operation since Wednesday.
The head of the Syrian civil defense General Saied al-Awad said strong winds and high temperatures, as well as rough terrain, made it difficult for operations.
Sustainable efforts to accommodate fires from housing areas, he said, according to there.
The Lebanese government has called for urding assistance from neighboring Cyprus, who recently struggled three days to issue one of the worst brushes in decades.
Lebanon suffered a devastating forest fires in October 2019 which lasted more than two days and spread from the mountains in the Chouf area outside the capital Beirut.
The lack of equipment and preparedness is combined with high temperatures and strong winds causing angry fire and destroying the hectare of forest.
The handling of government fires was among the factors that triggered national protests in the month, which was originally called economic policy.
Wildfire went berserk for the 2nd day in Lebanon, spreading to Syria
