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Northern Grain Silos Collapse in Blast-Torn Beirut - Video

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BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The northern part of Beirut’s sprawling complex of damaged grain silos collapsed in a cloud of dust on Tuesday after fire was seen burning... 23.08.2022, Sputnik International

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"The northern part of the granaries sloped on Monday night and completely collapsed today, raising a large pillar of dust," the witness said.The grain silos in the port of Beirut absorbed much of the impact of a devastating blast that tore through the Lebanese capital on August 4, 2020 after a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse exploded, killing more than 200 people and wounding 7,000 others.Lebanese Economy Minister Amin Salam said that fermenting wheat was causing fires in the silos, which have been burning since early July. Many of them have since collapsed. The destruction of the northern silos was expected and no one was hurt.

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Northern Grain Silos Collapse in Blast-Torn Beirut - Video

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© AFP 2023 / DYLAN COLLINSThis grab from AFPTV footage shot on August 23, 2022 shows a smoke plume rising after the new collapse of the northern section of the grain silos at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, which were previously partly destroyed by the 2020 port explosion

This grab from AFPTV footage shot on August 23, 2022 shows a smoke plume rising after the new collapse of the northern section of the grain silos at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, which were previously partly destroyed by the 2020 port explosion - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.08.2022

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The northern part of Beirut’s sprawling complex of damaged grain silos collapsed in a cloud of dust on Tuesday after fire was seen burning inside for days, a witness told Sputnik.

"The northern part of the granaries sloped on Monday night and completely collapsed today, raising a large pillar of dust," the witness said.

Northern part of damaged #Beirut grain #silos collapses after warnings the structure was leaning too far to stay up. pic.twitter.com/RSVxFjCiei
— Farez Dahir (@FarezDahir) August 23, 2022

The grain silos in the port of Beirut absorbed much of the impact of a devastating blast that tore through the Lebanese capital on August 4, 2020 after a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse exploded, killing more than 200 people and wounding 7,000 others.

Lebanese Economy Minister Amin Salam said that fermenting wheat was causing fires in the silos, which have been burning since early July. Many of them have since collapsed. The destruction of the northern silos was expected and no one was hurt.