2 dead in fire at Lebanon refugee camp

A fire ripped through a refugee camp in Lebanon yesterday killing two Syrians, including a boy, and burning nearly two dozen tents, a local official said.

Around 1.5 million Syrians have sought shelter in Lebanon from the seven-year civil war raging next door.

The fire in the northeastern town of Yammouneh early yesterday “killed a 46-year-old man as well as a boy aged seven or eight”, deputy mayor Hussain Sharif said. It “burnt down 23 of 70 tents in the camp,” he told AFP, adding it was not clear what started the fire. (AFP)