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Tyres and oil on fire at Beirut port, military source says

Published: 10 Sep 2020 - 01:46 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 07:08 pm
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Reuters

BEIRUT: A store of tyres and oil were on fire at Beirut port on Thursday, a Lebanese military source said, sending a huge column of black smoke over the Lebanese capital a month after a devastating blast at the port.
The cause of the fire was not yet known, the source said.
(Writing by Tom Perry Editing by Gareth Jones)