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Beirut port ablaze, weeks after massive blast
CNN ^
| September 10, 2020
| Ghazi Balkiz, Tamara Qiblawi, and Eliza Mackintosh
Posted on 09/10/2020 5:59:38 AM PDT by McGruff
A huge blaze broke out in Beirut's port on Thursday, just weeks after a massive blast at the same site laid waste to the capital city, killing nearly 200 people.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, but the Lebanese army said in a statement that it began at a warehouse where oil and tires are kept in the port's duty-free market.
Videos taken at the scene showed a warehouse engulfed in flames and a large plume of black smoke rising into the sky. Many Beirut residents sharing clips on social media expressed their dismay that yet another disaster was unfolding and that the scenes were all too familiar.
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posted on
09/10/2020 5:59:38 AM PDT
by
McGruff
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:01:07 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
To: McGruff
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:03:31 AM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
("the media are selling you a line of soap)
To: McGruff
Isn’t that the exact location of the explosion?
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:04:28 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: McGruff
Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:05:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: McGruff
Oil and tires only, of course.
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:06:14 AM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(2020: Broken glass election : Republic or no Republic.)
To: EEGator
The silos are behind the smoke. These are the adjacent warehouses that were destroyed..................
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:06:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:06:45 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: everyone
I imagine the locals were waiting for the second blast for more than a few minutes.
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:10:58 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
To: EEGator
Looks like the fire is in the middle of the destruction left by the blast. Maybe someone is getting ready to build by clearing out debris.
To: EEGator
I believe that the location of the explosion is now part of the harbor. A water-filled crater.
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:28:09 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: 21twelve
Yep. This is somewhere else.
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:32:21 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
To: McGruff
Poor folks can’t get a break.
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posted on
09/10/2020 6:35:17 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
To: EEGator
No. look behind the black smoke on the left and you’ll see what’s left of the grain elevators that was about the only thing left standing near ground zero. the original blast appears to be behind the smoke column.
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posted on
09/10/2020 7:14:20 AM PDT
by
jimjohn
(The 2nd American Civil War began shortly after 12:00 noon on January 20, 2017)
To: McGruff
Anybody else see a dragon in that picture, or do I need to consider kicking my LSD habit?
To: RinaseaofDs
Or at least sharing with your FRiends!
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posted on
09/10/2020 7:19:39 AM PDT
by
null and void
(The Left weaponizes everything in the service of tyranny.)
To: EEGator
Looks like it might be next door. In that photo, I believe the crater left by the explosion is actually to the right...
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posted on
09/10/2020 7:22:08 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: null and void
Crystal pyramids in candy bowls!
To: EEGator
No. The explosion was over by the grain elevators. It made a new marina in the port.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
09/10/2020 7:31:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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