In Beirut
“We heard a terrifying growl that grew louder and louder. It sounded like the hum of an engine. And then I understood: it was the fire that was coming. We could not see him yet, but we could hear a continuous roar. When we finally saw the first flames, the fire surrounded our hamlet, ”
explains Michel Abdo, a farmer in his sixties, living in Kobeyate, in the north of Lebanon, one of the most beautiful regions of the country. country.
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His house is located at the top of a hill at the exit of this village of Akkar.
It is accessed by a road that winds between groves of oaks and pines.
“To leave was to take the risk of traveling on a road bordered by two long walls of fire.
There were times when I was really scared, but we stayed.
I wanted to protect my house, ”he
explains.
The retiree has lost all his farm equipment, but his home, which he has watered copiously, is intact.
She now stands in the middle
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