Scenario “Lebanon burns” in its second edition … New details on the environmental disaster

Amal Khalil wrote in the newspaper “Al-Akhbar” under the headline “Lebanon Burns” for the second year with “great success!”: “Inam Awad does not feel that the fire that destroyed her home in Debbieh on the Chouf coast happened ago. one year”. Umm Ali “is still”. Burns »Since then, her heart is not only what is forcibly ignited by necessities, furniture, clothing and memories that have been consumed by fire, but also the bones in her neck and back after the pillow was burned doctor, who could not buy another after the high prices. Every detail in your diary. The woman who lives with her husband in a store located in the same building, lost everything. The tension of the situation, which worsened with the increase in the economic crisis and the collapse of the exchange rate of the Syrian pound, made it difficult for him to replace all that he lost. From the house “of his relatives”. With “easy installments”, he fixed the windows and painted the walls, but could not remove the traces of fire from the tiles due to the high cost of cleaning it, as some neighbors supplied him with clothes and furniture. “The state” was not among those who helped her. The municipality to the army, the gendarmerie, the Higher Relief Commission, the NGOs … We filled out various forms in which we counted the damages and losses we had suffered. We promised to obtain compensation that we are still waiting for.

The effects of the fires are still in the Debbieh forests today. Green did not grow on scorched earth. The tree structures around him stood like charred corpses, witnessing what happened and what could happen at any moment. The “Burning Tree Exhibition” stretches along the entire Chouf coast, from Dibbiyeh to Mazraat Dahr and Joun to Iqlim al-Kharroub and Naameh. In Damour Hills, a year ago, the forest fire spread to the headquarters of the association “Arkansas”, which sells used furniture. The three-story building, which was the destination of the limited and fans of “antica” and old designs, has been burned most of its contents. A year later, the association displayed new elements on the ground floor amid the charred walls and ruined ceilings.

The largest “blackboard” is still “on display”, for a year, in Mushrif Hills. The small town, which is located in the middle of millions of meters of forest, was not affected by the fires of the last days. Pierre and Juliet Nasr hold their breath at the prospect of recapturing last year’s nightmare. With live meat and a small “jug”, they ran to put out the fire that spread to their field near their home in Mushrif. Goliath cries after a year of the incident: “We are still exposed at any moment. But there is no trick in hand. “Villas and palaces in the region, their owners did not wait for state compensation. Currently, transporters and foreign workers are busy clearing dry brush on their border. But individual efforts are not accompanied The “Ideal Al-Mushrif Company”, which includes these villages, had noticed the creation of water intakes to extinguish fires. But the intakes have not been maintained for long and have not been used to extinguish the fires of the last year, despite the availability of water sources. “Our hand has been on our hearts since the beginning of this month, fearing a repeat of last year’s disaster,” said Mayor Zahir Aoun. A year ago, “ the resources of the municipality were zero. Today, after the moderator has addressed the kiss of official and popular attention, the level of potential has risen to a little above zero “! Aoun affirms that so A few NGOs continued to support and follow up after the “turmoil” subsided. One of the associations has persevered over the last period in clearing the forest and creating corridors inside it to facilitate the intervention process and reach the depth of shame in case of fire. He also trained several residents, in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross, on how to control the fire when it starts to happen to prevent it from spreading. In exchange for volunteers, the municipality provided limited means of dealing with potential fires and conducted constant patrols to monitor the forests by loggers and hikers. In anticipation of the usual fire season, the municipalities of Al-Mushrif and Kfarmatta and the neighboring municipalities have worked for about a month to clear the forests and remove weeds from the sides of the roads. And “With a donation from the residents of the Al-Mushrif Model Village, the municipality bought a small water tank to fight the fire and agreed with two tank owners to make it available to the municipality in the event of the incident. Since civil defense firefighting vehicles only arrive and their tank is empty of water, we have equipped the wells that pass through the city as part of the Al-Awali to Beirut water project, with a generator and fuel for pump water without interruption. In addition to hiring a person to maintain the pumping station. Regarding the water intakes in the model village, “one of the donors promised to maintain them because the municipality cannot repair them due to the high cost of repair.” Aoun acknowledges that these capabilities are capable of dealing with a small fire. What if the disaster was repeated last year? “Let it not be repeated, since the civil defense fire station closest to us in Damour has been operating for some time with a fire truck, because the rest of the vehicles are out of service. The same situation is in the nearby Debbieh center. “Read the full article Press here.