Al-Akhbar … This is how the first spark exploded yesterday in the port of Beirut



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The Al-Akhbar newspaper noted that, based on the information it had seen, it indicates that A. Kh. She used to work in the port of Beirut because several free market tenants were contracting with her. Yesterday, its workers entered to perform iron cutting and welding work, at the request of JH Who rents a patio from the port administration in the free market zone, where she built a series of pavilions in which she rents space to companies. The newspaper added that the goal of the iron workshop, it reported, was to remove the iron beams that fell on the goods as a result of the port explosion, in preparation for their removal. The business started with equipment that produced sparks of fire. It turned out to be running over drums of oil, hundreds of tires, and flammable cosmetics. All these dangerous substances have not caught anybody’s attention; Neither the one who gave the permission to operate nor the one who obtained it. In short, the business started without the exhortation of the port disaster. Hazardous materials were not removed and preventive measures were taken, such as seeking the help of an engineer to supervise the workshop or seeking the help of the fire department to deal with any emergency situation.

According to the newspaper, the spark unleashed a fire that lasted for long hours, causing the formation of black clouds in the sky of Beirut, and caused the flight of a large number of surrounding residents for fear of a new explosion . With the extinguishing of the fire last night, it had destroyed all the items in Pavilions 15, 16 and 17, which contain goods worth $ 4.4 million, including: car tires, cleaning supplies, cosmetics and perfumes, food, alcoholic drinks. Industrial machinery and medical equipment, and other chemical products (NaOH) used in the food industry, in the manufacture of medicines and cleaning tools …



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