Syrian refugee camp burnt to floor in northern Lebanon

More than 300 Syrian refugees have been pressured to flee a casual camp in northern Lebanon as a blaze raged via and burnt tents to the bottom, UN and Lebanese officers stated Sunday.
The hearth late Saturday raged for 4 hours as firefighters tried to place it out, the Lebanese civil protection stated. “The fire ensued following a fight between a Lebanese family in alMiniyeh in the country’s north and Syrians living in the camp,” in response to Lebanese media studies.
A Lebanese official stated the military is investigating the reason for the fireplace and conducting raids to spherical up these accountable for the altercation. The official spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of an official assertion has not but been launched.
Khaled Kabbara, a UN Refugee Agency spokesman in northern Lebanon stated some “375 people lived in the informal settlement that was located on a plot of rented land.” He stated the whole camp was burnt to the bottom.
Kabbara stated 4 individuals have been injured within the hearth and hospitalized with minor accidents. He stated some residents of the camp returned Sunday to see if something may very well be salvaged from the fireplace.
Most of the refugees have sought refuge in different close by casual settlements. Some from the local people have additionally supplied shelter, Kabbara stated.
Kabbara stated altercations between residents and Syrian refugees typically catastrophically affect the neighborhood as an entire. Tensions are frequent in Lebanon between residents and Syrian refugees who’ve fled the battle of their nation.
Lebanon is host to greater than 1 million refugees practically 1 / 4 of the nation’s inhabitants of 5 million burdening the nation’s already crumbling infrastructure. Tensions between Lebanese and Syrians additionally dates again to the times when Syria dominated its smaller neighbour for nearly three many years with 1000’s of troops stationed in Lebanon.
They withdrew in 2005 following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri which sparked large anti-Syrian protests