Beirut fire: Lebanese President Michel Aoun suspects foul play, demands accountable probe

In little over a month since  Beirut blast, Lebanese capital witnessed a second catastrophe on Thursday, September 10 as a massive fire broke out in its port area. A large column of black smoke mushroomed over again Beruit sky a month after dely explosion that killed nearly 200 people.

In a comment following recent Beirut fire, Lebanese President Michel Aoun is reported to have said that fire could have been result of technical error, negligence or even "sabot".  Lebanese leer also ded that origin and cause of fire must be discovered as soon as possible and those responsible, be it accident or sabot, must be held accountable.

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Dark smoke eclipses Beirut

Dark smoke covered Beirut port which saw a massive explosion last month when about 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at site blew up sending shock waves across city.  explosion, which has been termed by experts as strongest n-nuclear blast in history, was felt as far as Cyprus. large plume of black smoke from port sent cities’ alrey traumatised citizens in a panic.

As per reports, immediate reaction of citizens was to stop what y were doing and immediately rush home, while ors fearing ar blast immediately took shelter anywhere y could. Lebanese Army has stated that fire originated at port’s duty-free zone which contained tires, oil and or flammable materials. Authorities have closed down major ros leing to port and have since begun re-routing traffic.

Beirut residents' panic was compounded by fear that re may be or harmful chemicals near vicinity of fire that could cause yet ar devasting explosion. Earlier during salv operations, French and Italian chemical experts stated locating 120 containers with harmful chemicals;  Lebanese army later stated that containers h been moved away from port and stored safely.

(With ncy Inputs)

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