Lebanon’s cabinet approved a proposed law allowing some depositors to recover funds trapped in the banking system for years, a key step toward untangling the financial troubles immersing the Middle East’s most-indebted nation.

Friday morning, crews responded to a house fire on West Cedar Drive in Lebanon. All occupants had left the house except an elderly woman. She was taken outside and firefighters found the fire was inside a wall. Crews discovered the fire had spread for some time, unnoticed into the attic space.