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Lebanon on fire A forest fire re-erupted one week after it had first started in Fitri, 45 kilometers north of Beirut, affecting a total of 150,000 square meters of forest area near homes. The Dec 5 fire was the largest of as many as 120 smaller ones that erupted during the first weekend of December, due to dry air, hot soil and a lack of rain after an unusually long summer period. Interior Minister Ziad Baroud confirmed that 57 fires had started that day across the country. Simultaneously, another fire in Baabda forced hundreds of families to flee their homes. The municipality president Imad Daou told Agence France Presse that firefighters were not able to effectively put out the flames because of the rough terrain and lack of roads and city planning, making it difficult to reach the affected area.  President Michel Sleiman remarked at the scene that the town’s