Caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Haj Hassan, tweeted this evening: “Today we followed the outbreak of a fire in the Turkmen Valley, and accordingly we made several calls to coordinate with His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassin…We extend our gratitude to everyone contributing to the firefighting operations, from the first responder, the civil defense men, to our colleagues in the Ministry, the forest guards and all the security apparatuses.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon