Lebanese resort to firewood for heating as diesel prices skyrocket

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Lebanese resort to firewood for heating as diesel prices skyrocket

STORY: Lebanese resort to firewood for heating as diesel prices skyrocket DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people collecting firewood 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAYEF ABDALLAH ABDALLAH, Resident in southern Lebanon 3. various of people collecting firewood 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD YAHFOUFI, Firewood trader in southern Lebanon STORYLINE: With surging diesel prices, many Lebanese have resorted to cheaper heating options to get through the harsh winter. Nayef Abdallah Abdallah, a resident of Mieh Mieh camp in southern Lebanon, said he has to collect tree trunks for heating. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAYEF ABDALLAH ABDALLAH, Resident in southern Lebanon "We live in the Mieh Mieh camp. We have three houses and we have old-fashioned heaters that work with firewood. We used to run heating with diesel but as you know, 20 liters of diesel now cost 1.2 or 1.3 million Lebanese pounds (120 to 130 U.S. dollars). We cannot afford it. We bought stoves

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