The blast was caused by 2,750 tons of hazardous nitrate ammonium improperly stored at the port.Īnadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. 4, a massive blast rocked the Port of Beirut, killing 200 people and injuring around 6,000, and leaving behind a massive trail of destruction.
On Friday, Environment Minister Nasser Yassin warned that the grain silos at the port could collapse at any time and that 200,000 masks had been provided to people in the area to protect them from air pollution. Why and where fires start in silos, and what to do if you have one Penn State University. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Lebanese MP Najat Aoun, who was at the port, said that no damage was caused by the collapse, citing civil defense teams working in the area.Īoun, who is also a chemistry professor, added that there was nothing to threaten the health of the people of Beirut, as the dust quickly dissipated thanks to the wind. Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said that a fire broke out at a silo complex in the Korabelnyi area of Mykolaiv after a Russian artillery strike. The northern part of the silos collapsed as a result of a weeks-long fire which has blown massive clouds of smoke across the port.Īfter the collapse, the road near the port was closed to traffic. Beirut port grain silos collapse due to weeks-long fire
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