Fire breaks out at Beirut's port after last month's deadly explosion
The fire is in the same area as the Aug. 4 port explosion from which Lebanon is still recovering.
Another fire in Beirut prompted panic on Thursday. The Beirut port explosion that killed nearly 200 people in the city was only a little over a month ago.
This time, a large fire broke out in a warehouse in Beirut port’s duty-free zone. The warehouse stored tires, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Videos obtained by Lebanese media outlets showed a massive blaze that created even bigger clouds of black smoke. Both civil defense firefighters and the Lebanese army are working to extinguish the flames and using helicopters to shoot water down from above, the Lebanese army said in a statement.
On Aug. 4, a massive blast ripped through the Beirut port when some 2,700 tons of the fertilizer ammonium nitrate caught fire and exploded. The investigation and search for the missing continue.
