Beirut Port Still Ablaze? White Smoke Cast Over The Spot Triggers Panic Among Locals, Fire Brigade Clarifies

Several residents have shared photos of the site on social media, where smoke continued to smoulder of the remains even after over 2 days since the blaze erupted.

File Image: Lebanese firefighters extinguish the remaining flames at the seaport of Beirut, on September 11, 2020, a day after a huge fire erupted in harbour warehouses. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Beirut: White smoke continued to be seen coming out of the area near Beirut and it once again triggered panic among locals of the Lebanese capital city. According to media reports, the smoke cast over the port where a massive fire had broken out on September 10. Several residents have also shared photos of the site on social media, where smoke continued to smoulder of the remains even after over 2 days since the blaze erupted.

The fire broke out again in the Beirut port and clouds of smoke were emanating from the previous site of the explosion pic.twitter.com/vNpfGY28Zc

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Civil defence teams have been at the port over the period as food products, oil, tires, beauty products, clothes, shoes, home appliances and electric equipment at a duty-free warehouse were destroyed. The Chief of Information for the Beirut fire brigade Ali Najm assured that the situation was under control, there is no fresh incident. He further revealed that the teams were attempting to remove the products stored at the port that have created the white smoke. The losses caused by the fire have been estimated to be worth $15 million. Spokesperson of the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) Rona Halabi pointed out that a major part of the products that were to be distributed to poor families in Lebanon and Syria were destroyed in it. Beirut's port is an important facility used by the LRC to store products. About The Recent Incidents Just over a month after the massive explosion at Lebanon's Beirut port, a huge fire broke out at the spot on Thursday. The fresh fire incident distressed residents already scarred by the last tragedy. The statement of the Lebanese Army confirmed that the fire at Beirut Port broke out in a warehouse containing oil and tires in the duty-free area and helicopters were sent to extinguish it. Prior to that, the August 4 explosions were caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate detonating at a warehouse in the port. The mishap claimed the lives of 190 people, injured thousands of others, and left as many as 300,000 homeless. Probe over both incidents is underway and the Lebanese citizens are still waiting to know the exact reasons. WATCH | Beirut port ablaze, weeks after deadly explosion