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'Nowhere is safe': Lebanese expatriates in Los Angeles react to the fires

The Lebanese community in Los Angeles is estimated at about 14,500 people, according to information circulating in the local press.

'Nowhere is safe': Lebanese expatriates in Los Angeles react to the fires

Screenshot of a video taken by Ferris Wehbe from his home in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 8, showing the Palisades Fire blaze.

"I feel like nowhere in the world is safe," said Ornella Antar, who has been a resident for a few months in Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles. 10 days after the start of the most destructive fires in the history of the second-largest city in the United States, the 30-year-old still has not returned home, fearing toxic waste. After renting an Airbnb for two days in Newport, on the coast south of Los Angeles, she is now waiting in Washington to be able to return home. Read more The miracle of being able to return to Lebanon On Thursday morning, Jan. 16, local authorities stated that the situation remained "dangerous" in some areas. The latest report mentioned 24 dead, while 12,000 homes have been destroyed in what has become the most costly fires in the history of the United States, according to forecasting...
"I feel like nowhere in the world is safe," said Ornella Antar, who has been a resident for a few months in Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles. 10 days after the start of the most destructive fires in the history of the second-largest city in the United States, the 30-year-old still has not returned home, fearing toxic waste. After renting an Airbnb for two days in Newport, on the coast south of Los Angeles, she is now waiting in Washington to be able to return home. Read more The miracle of being able to return to Lebanon On Thursday morning, Jan. 16, local authorities stated that the situation remained "dangerous" in some areas. The latest report mentioned 24 dead, while 12,000 homes have been destroyed in what has become the most costly fires in the history of the United States, according to forecasting...
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