Smoldering Beirut port silo at risk of collapse as grain ignites
BEIRUT: A massive silo holding thousands of tons of grain at Beirut port is at risk of collapse because of a fire that has been smoldering for weeks amid Lebanon’s summer heat.
Flames and thick black smoke could be seen rising from the silo after the blaze flared up on Friday.
The fire prompted a warning by Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati to “workers and members of the civil defense and the fire brigade not to approach the location for their safety and to avoid endangering their lives.”