Elias: Camp and Qab Elias

elias: A man is treated for smoke inhalation by Red Cross members after a fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees, near the town of Qab Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, according to CBC. Hassan Abdallah/Reuters Reuters TV footage showed the blaze had virtually razed the camp as a fire truck doused down the still-smouldering ground. Flames and thick clouds of black smoke rose from the site near the town of Qab Elias, around a hour's drive east of Beirut, in footage broadcast by Lebanon's MTV, and at least one explosion was seen. A Syrian refugee said many of the people living at the camp had come to Lebanon from the Raqqa area of Syria. Qab Elias Emergency Services via AP UNHCR spokesperson Dana Sleiman said the camp had been home to 102 families. One child from the camp is among the dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.