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Beirut: “The Gulf”, agencies
The fire that broke out in the Syrian refugee camp in the town of Minya, Akkar district, northern Lebanon, as a result of a dispute between a person from Minya and some Syrian workers, caused the displacement of some 700 refugees who were forced to leave the camp, while the Syrian government expressed deep regret over the arson in the refugee camp and called on Lebanon to “Take Responsibility”, while the “King Salman Center for Aid and Charity Activities” pledged to cover all the needs of the displaced.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirmed that a major fire broke out in a refugee camp in the Miniyeh area, and that several of the injured were taken to a nearby hospital, without specifying their number. UNHCR spokesman Khaled Kabbara said that “the fire spread to all the residences in the camp”, built with plastic and wooden materials, and in them some 75 Syrian refugee families live.
Kabbara added that several of these families fled the camp “out of fear caused by the explosion sounds caused by exploding gas bottles.” According to the “National News Agency”, “there was a problem between a person from the Mir family and some Syrian workers working in Minya, which caused a clash of hands and the fall of three injuries.” The agency claimed that, following the confusion, “several youths from the Al-Mir family intervened and deliberately set fire to some tents for displaced Syrians in Minya,” before “civil defense vehicles intervened and worked to extinguish the fire, while the army and security forces intervened to control the situation. ” Lebanese media reported that the army arrested several people suspected of being involved in the burning of the camp and that the refugees, who were displaced from it, were housed in some schools while investigations were being carried out.
The governor of northern Lebanon, Ramzi Nahra, in a televised interview, strongly denounced the fire incident, noting that the camp is under regular surveillance by the Lebanese army and UN organizations. Nohra said: “What happened was an individual act that led to the great tragedy that we see in front of us today. All rational people denounce it, and we denounce what happened because it is out of our customs and traditions,” indicating that the number of tents that were burned exceeded 100 tents, and that between 500 and 700 people are present. At the camp, they had to leave the camp due to the burning of their tents.
Meanwhile, the King Salman Center for Aid and Charitable Activities announced that it will meet all the needs of the residents of the Syrian refugee camp, located in the Miniyeh area of northern Lebanon, after it was set on fire by angry Lebanese youth on Saturday. at night. According to the Saudi newspaper Okaz, the center has instructed its own teams and associations to begin relief work and compensation for the refugees, return the camp as it was, and ensure adequate housing for those affected and meet their needs.
An official source from the Syrian Foreign Ministry indicated, through a statement published on the ministry’s account in the Telegram application, yesterday Sunday, that the fire had terrorized the residents of the camp and deprived several of them of refuge, and He added: “Syria calls on the competent Lebanese judiciary and the concerned Lebanese agencies to assume their responsibilities to deal with this. The accident and ensure the protection and care of the displaced Syrians.” The source renewed the call of the Damascus government to the citizens who were “forced to leave the country by the unjust war to return to their homeland”, adding that the government “is making every effort to facilitate their return.”
