A huge fire has broken out at an oils and tires warehouse in the duty-free market of Beirut‘s port in Lebanon on Thursday, September 10.
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.
The governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, told residents to evacuate the streets and warned that by staying put their lives were in danger and they risked impeding the firetrucks.
According to Lebanon army, efforts were underway to extinguish the flames and army helicopters will participate in the efforts.
The incident has since sparked alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a deadly explosion that ravaged the capital last month.
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Last month’s inferno killed more than 170 people and injured over 6,000 others who are still suffering the effect of the blast.
