BEIRUT, Aug 25 (NNN-NNA) – The northern part of the silos at Beirut port, in the Lebanese capital, collapsed entirely on Tuesday, causing a massive cloud of dust.
Caretaker Environment Minister, Nasser Yassin, urged residents living near the port, to wear masks as the dust spread.
The silos, heavily damaged by the Aug, 2020, explosions, had been falling gradually, over the past few weeks, after a fire smoldered for weeks, because of the fermenting of 800 tonnes of grains stored inside.
The southern half of the silos remains standing, and the government plans to study how it can stabilise them.
Two big explosions rocked the Beirut port on Aug 4, 2020, killing more than 200 people, wounding over 6,000 others and destroying a big part of the city.– NNN-NNA
