Beirut: A huge fire broke out in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing one person and injuring 21, according to Lebanese medics and the official news agency.
George Ketteneh, of Lebanon’s Red Cross, said that the fire early Tuesday in the nearby Tal Sarhoun camp killed a girl and wounded 21 others, including seven who were in critical condition.
The National News Agency said some 22 of the 185 tents in the informal settlement burned down.
It is the second such deadly fire to hit refugee encampments in eastern Lebanon amid soaring temperatures.
On Sunday, a fire ripped through another settlement near Qab Elias town, killing one person.
Lebanon is home to over a million registered Syrian refugees.
