Tannourine: cedars threatened by fire

Les articles publiés par Libnanews, le média citoyen du Liban A major fire was declared on Monday 24 August in the vicinity of the Tannourine Cedar Nature Reserve in the Batrun District. The steep terrain complicates emergency response, while Civil Defence teams and a Lebanese Army helicopter attempt to prevent flames from reaching the densest areas of the cedral. A firefighter was slightly injured by the explosion of an old mine.