BREAKING: A large fire has broken out at the port of Beirut in Lebanon, among the rubble of the deadly blast that killed over 200 people one month ago. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.
On Thursday, a little over a month after a massive blast devastatedVideo and images posted online showed flames leaping inside a column of black smoke in the same area where nearly
on Aug. 4. Other images captured the tornado-like swirl of smoke, rising high into the sky before diffusing out across the city where it hung in a cloud.Smoke rises from Beirut's port area, Lebanon on Thursday.However, the director general of the Beirut port told the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation that the blaze broke out in the building of a company that imports frying oil. It then spread to rubber tires, he said.
The governor of Beirut told residents to evacuate the streets and warned live on LBC that by staying put their lives were in danger and they risked impeding the firetrucks. Meanwhile, attempts to extinguish the blaze were underway and army helicopters would participate, a spokesperson for the Lebanese army also told the broadcaster.and injured 6,000 others. It was considered to be one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded.Mustafa Kassem is a producer for NBC News.
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