The grain silos damaged in the Beirut blasts on Aug. 4, 2020 are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
BEIRUT, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Just a few days before the second anniversary of the Beirut explosions on Aug. 4, the northern part of the Beirut port grain silos collapsed on Sunday after being on fire for weeks, causing a huge cloud of dust.
The dust cloud has gone as far as 1,500 meters from the port, the National News Agency quoted Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin as saying.
A fire broke out in the northern part of the port's silos about three weeks ago because of the fermenting grains there and has been going on despite constant efforts to extinguish it.
The northern part of massive silos withstood the huge explosions on Aug. 4, 2020 in the Beirut port which killed at least 200, wounded more than 6,000, and destroyed a big part of the Lebanese capital.
The grain silos damaged in the Beirut blasts on Aug. 4, 2020 are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
The grain silos damaged in the Beirut blasts on Aug. 4, 2020 are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Smoke rises from an explosion site at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. Two huge explosions rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) ■
