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#BREAKING: Another fire erupts in #Beirut's port arab.news/bwu8h

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@LarissaAounSky #BREAKING: Lebanese Civil Defense starts fire extinguishing operations in #Beirut port arab.news/bwu8h

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@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef #LIVE: Fire erupts at #Beirut port, a little more than a month since a massive blast devastated the city

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@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef #BREAKING: View from Beit Mery town overlooking #Beirut where large black smoke clouds from the fire at the port are seen arab.news/bwu8h Image
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef #BREAKING: Lebanese army calls on people to vacate the vicinity of #Beirut's port as fire rages on arab.news/bwu8h Image
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef #BREAKING: Footage of #Beirut port workers seen running away from fire arab.news/bwu8h

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@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef @michelarached #BREAKING: Military helicopters will be used in effort to control fire at #Beirut port – Lebanese army arab.news/bwu8h
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef @michelarached #BREAKING: Fire at #Beirut port was at a warehouse where tires are placed - State news agency arab.news/bwu8h
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef @michelarached #BREAKING: #Beirut Port Director General tells @LBCI_NEWS "too early" to know cause of fire but "someone on the ground" notified him that the fire has started to subside arab.news/bwu8h
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef @michelarached @LBCI_NEWS #BREAKING: View from Badaro overlooking #Beirut where large clouds of black smoke from the port fire are seen arab.news/bwu8h Image
@LarissaAounSky @Sabine_Youssef @michelarached @LBCI_NEWS #LIVE: Lebanese army and firefighters continue to contain the blaze at an oil and tires warehouse in the #Beirut port area

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#BREAKING: #France said on Thursday it was willing to help with the #Beirut port fire if needed #Lebanon #BeirutFire

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#UPDATE: #Lebanon's Minister of Justice asks the Attorney General to investigate the #BeirutFire

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#BREAKING: #Beirut fire hit warehouse where food aid stored: Red Cross arab.news/bwu8h

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