I-Scandal ezikhathini zokugcina ngaphambi kokuqhuma kwe-Beirut

U-Elda Al-Ghussein wabhala ephephandabeni elithi “Al-Akhbar”, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Beirut Fire Brigade: End of Life and 9 Missing at “Hell’s Gate”: “Ngo-5:50 ntambama ngoLwesibili, Agasti 4, ucingo lwemukelwa ku- iBeirut Fire Brigade ephuma eBeirut Police Operations Room, yazisa ukuthi ibike ngokusha endaweni eyinombolo 12 ethekwini, ngaphandle kokucacisa ubunjalo bayo.

Ngenxa yokuthi isikhungo esiyinhloko sebutho laseKarantina siseduze nendawo yomlilo, injini yomlilo kanye nethimba le-ambulensi elivela eqenjini langenela. Kulolu hambo lwendiza oludabukisayo kwakunamavolontiya ayishumi, akekho owawaxwayisa ukuthi aye kuphi. Kwakuyilaba: uNajib noCharbel Hitti, uRalph Mallahi, uCharbel Karam, uJoe Noun, u-Elie Khouzami, uRami Kaaki, uMithal Hawa, uJoe Bou Saab... Bona namanje abakatholakali, uFares, owezimo eziphuthumayo, othathe idolobha lakubo e-Al-Qaa wayiyisa endaweni yakhe yokugcina izolo, umhlabe umxhwele.

Njengoba amavolontiya ayefika endaweni yesigameko somlilo ewadini elibi, aqaphela ukuthi “umlilo mkhulu,” ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi unjani noma uhlobo lwezinto ezibaswe kuwo. Bacele ukwesekwa, sekusele imizuzu embalwa kwenzeke ukuqhuma okukhulu ngo-6:08. Isicelo sabo sokusekelwa sasindisa amaqabane abo eKarantina Center. Ngesikhathi bephuma emahhovisi nasemagumbini abo okulala, begibela ezimotweni, kwaqhuma ukuqhuma, okwalimaza ingxenye enkulu yesikhungo ababesanda kuphuma kuso.

Emizuzwini embalwa ngaphambi kokuqhuma, u-Sahar Fares wayethwebule isithombe esihle sabangane bakhe ababili kanye nesisebenzi sesithathu basethekwini, ezama ukuvula umnyango wewadi. ISango Lesihogo, omlilo walo uBeirut unambitha. Lesi isithombe esisabalele ngombuzo othi: “Ubani othumele izakhi zebutho ukubhujiswa?” Ngiphinde ngaqopha i-video yemizuzwana engu-24 (engashicilelwe) yesibaya esivuthayo ngaphakathi amadoda esondela kuso. Lokhu kube yinto yokugcina ayithumele eqenjini lika-WhatsApp lamaqabane akhe ebutho, ukubazisa ukuthi umlilo ungakanani. Omunye wamaqabane aleli qembu uveze, mayelana ne-Al-Akhbar, ukuthi "kuyamangaza ukuthi akekho owayekhona ngesikhathi befika endaweni yomlilo. Babodwa ababezama ukuvula umnyango, njengoba isithombe sikaSahar sibonisa. Uqhube wathi, "Bebengazi ukuthi izinto ezishile bekuyini. Okungaphakathi ewadini akubikwanga. Kungani bebebodwa?" Kunento esingayiqondi!”

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