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Pictures: Large section of smoldering Beirut port silos collapses

The remaining southern block is more stable and not at imminent risk of collapse

Published: August 23, 2022 15:43 AFP and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 897797-01-02-1661254618366 — Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 897824-01-02-1661254616242 — A cloud of dust rose over the port after the collapse, which brought down the last of the northern block of silos that was more heavily damaged in the blast and where a fire had been burning since July. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 897899-01-02-1661254599118 — The remaining southern block is more stable and not at imminent risk of collapse, said French civil engineer Emmanuel Durand, who has installed sensors on the silos. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2022-08-23T092339Z_2109313370_RC292W9779N3_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-BLAST-SILOS-1661254585307 — The silos absorbed much of the impact of the massive explosion of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate fertiliser that killed more than 200 people on August 4, 2020. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-23T093103Z_845271286_RC292W9U0J2P_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-BLAST-SILOS-1661254575977 — Other silos already collapsed on July 31 and August 4. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 894377-01-02-1661254625694 — A fire has been burning in the silos for more than a month as remaining grain stocks ferment in the summer heat. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 897794-01-02-1661254620583 — In April, the government ordered the silos' demolition but the operation was put on hold, partly because of objections from relatives of blast victims who want them preserved as a memorial. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Lebanon_09090.jpg-811f7-1661254593721 — Smoke and dust rising from collapsing silos damaged during the August 2020 massive explosion in the port, in Beirut. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 897887-01-02-1661254608269 — People standing outside the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut look at the newly-collapsed northern section of the grain silos. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Lebanon_93541.jpg-83d94-1661254613782 — Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh announced last week that the government had agreed to reserve 25,000 square metres (270,000 square feet) of the port to build new grain silos. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 897996-01-02-1661254590710 — This is larger than the current complex which occupies a space of 21,000 square metres (226,000 square feet). Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2022-08-23T092404Z_801490776_RC292W9IX2J0_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-BLAST-SILOS-1661254580936 — Hamieh said funding would come from international donors as well as the government, which has been bankrupted by a crushing financial crisis. Image Credit: REUTERS

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