Lebanon deploys water cannon, helicopters to fight wildfires across country

Wildfires that have swept across Lebanon since Monday have burned swathes of the country’s forest and killed at least one person, prompting Beirut to deploy water cannon and call on its neighbours for help. The cause of the flames, which has spread from woods south of Beirut up to pine forests in the north, remains unknown, though some officials have blamed an autumn heat wave that hit the country in recent days. Lebanon’s Red Cross said that 18 people have so far been hospitalised and 88 have received emergency medical care.

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