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Efforts were under way on Tuesday night to contain a massive fire that broke out Monday evening between the towns of Souk al-Gharb and Aley, southeast of Beirut. The fire, which has affected the forested Ras al-Jabal region, a triangular stretch of land between the villages of Souk al-Gharb, Bimkine and Aitat.

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