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Beirut port silos collapse on second anniversary of explosion

Some Lebanese felt traumatized at seeing another fire at the site of the 2020 blast that devastated the capital.
 IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Another part of the Beirut port’s grain silos collapsed today, resurrecting the trauma of the explosion that happened exactly two years ago. 

Footage broadcast by the Lebanese news outlet Al Jadeed showed the massive structure falling to the ground, leaving a giant cloud of smoke in its wake. 

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