Following a fire at a Syrian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon, all 59 tents in the camp have been destroyed, leaving 75 families homeless.
Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday, November 15, that the fire broke out on Saturday at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in the Zahle district of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
According to the report, approximately 486 people were living in the camp, and the fire destroyed all of its tents.
However, no casualties or injuries have been reported so far, and Lebanese officials have not commented on the cause of the fire.
Lebanon has hosted a large number of Syrian refugees since the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011.
