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Large blaze erupts in Beirut port, one month after massive explosion

2020-09-11 6 Dailymotion

'폭발참사 불과 한달 됐는데'…레바논 베이루트 항구서 큰불<br /><br />It's time now for our Friday edition of Arirang's 'The World Now'. I'm Kim Jae-hee.<br />We begin with a huge blaze that erupted in Beirut's port on Thursday, just over one month after a devastating explosion there... killed nearly two hundred people and injured thousands.<br />Videos on social media showed a warehouse engulfed in flames, sending thick black smoke into the sky.<br />Streets surrounding the port were emptied as firefighters rushed to the scene and army helicopters were deployed to extinguish the fire.<br />No injuries have been reported.<br />The fire reportedly broke out at the duty-free zone in the port, in a warehouse storing cooking oil.<br />Beirut residents, still reeling from last month's blast, expressed their dismay and anger that another disaster was unfolding in their city.<br />"I live some 500 meters from this fire. I had to take my wife and children out of Beirut because of this, since they are still living in fear after what happened before."<br />"It has been a month since the explosion. This state will not rise because this state is run by thieves."<br />Thursday's blast was the second fire at the port this week.<br />On Tuesday, a small fire broke out, that was quickly extinguished.<br />Lebanese President Michel Aoun in a meeting with top officials on Thursday, tweeted that the fire may have been the result of sabotage, a technical error or negligence.<br />He wrote that the perpetrators must be held to account.<br />

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