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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - BEIRUT — A fire swept through a Syrian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, destroying 30 tents and a vehicle and leaving one person hospitalized after suffering from smoke inhalation, according to Lebanon's Civil Defence.
The blaze broke out in Bar Elias, in the Zahle district of the Bekaa Valley, prompting firefighters from several Civil Defence centers to respond.
Emergency teams managed to contain and extinguish the flames, while the affected individual was taken to Al-Nasra Hospital in Bar Elias for treatment.
Anadolu Agency separately reported, citing witnesses, that the fire destroyed all 59 tents housing 75 families, or approximately 486 people. However, those figures differ from the Civil Defence's initial assessment, and a final damage count has not been confirmed.
Lebanon has hosted large numbers of Syrian refugees since the conflict in Syria began in 2011.
According to UNHCR's 2025 annual report, the Lebanese government and United Nations estimated that approximately 1.12 million Syrian refugees remained in Lebanon at the beginning of 2026.
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