The northern section of the grain storage silos, heavily damaged two years ago by a major explosion at the port of Beirut, collapsed early this morning after warnings that the facility was too tilted to stand. .
A large cloud of brown and gray dust rose over the waterfront, TV station LBCI reported. There are no reports of injuries so far.
The silos that collapsed today were the last of the northern section of silos. For now, the southern part of the silos remains stable.
The massive explosion, which occurred on August 4, 2020 at the port, had claimed the lives of more than 220 people and caused extensive damage to the northern part of the grain silos, spilling wheat and corn onto the ground outside.
Recently a fire smoldered for weeks in the silos. Officials had said that the fire was the result of the summer heat that ignited the grains that had been left to rot.
Part of the facility had collapsed on July 31 and another part fell on August 4, the second anniversary of the explosion.
The day before yesterday, Sunday, the Ministry of Health had announced that dust samples from various parts of the port showed that the air contains high amounts of common mold, which is not dangerous as long as it is not inhaled in large quantities for a long time.
SOURCE: AMPE
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