Wassim Seifeddine
23 April 2021•Update: 23 April 2021
BEIRUT
An infant was killed and a number of people injured as fire broke out on Friday in a Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the fire destroyed a large number of tents at the camp for displaced Syrians in the town of Miniyeh.
The cause of the fire remains unclear.
The witnesses said an 18-month-old baby boy died in the incident and a number of refugees sustained minor injuries.
Civil defense teams rushed to put out the fire while an investigation was launched into the incident.
*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat