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| Blaze with black smoke breaks out near Beirut harbor weeks after disastrous port blast (VIDEO) | Blaze with black smoke breaks out near Beirut harbor weeks after disastrous port blast (VIDEO) |
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| A massive fire has engulfed Beirut’s port facilities shortly after a bang was reportedly heard in the area. The incident is said to have caused panic in the city, still reeling from the port blast that killed 190 a month ago. | A massive fire has engulfed Beirut’s port facilities shortly after a bang was reportedly heard in the area. The incident is said to have caused panic in the city, still reeling from the port blast that killed 190 a month ago. |
| The fire apparently began earlier on Thursday, with social media users flooding their pages with footage of flames rising up in the devastated port area. Some publications suggested that the bang was heard before the blaze. | The fire apparently began earlier on Thursday, with social media users flooding their pages with footage of flames rising up in the devastated port area. Some publications suggested that the bang was heard before the blaze. |
| As locals wondered what could have caused the blaze, a Reuters source in the Lebanese military suggested that a stockpile of tires and oil were on fire at the port. | As locals wondered what could have caused the blaze, a Reuters source in the Lebanese military suggested that a stockpile of tires and oil were on fire at the port. |
| Beirut authorities have dispatched a handful of fire brigades to the port, while the army has vowed to use its helicopters to douse the flames from above. Earlier on Wednesday, firefighters dealt with another blaze that broke out at a site full of mixed waste, scrapped timber and tires. | |
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