Rescue teams scrambled to douse a massive blaze in Lebanon's largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires.The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday night, prompting the army and volunteer firefighters to intervene to try to salvage one of the Middle East's lushest pine forests.The army on Wednesday said it dispatched helicopters but it was still struggling to contain the fire, hours after it started.
Beirut, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Lebanese Army's helicopters on Wednesday participated alongside the members of the civil defense and volunteers in the operations to extinguish the fire in the Batramaz-Al Safiri forests, located in the northern Miniyeh-Danniyeh district.
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