On Sunday, a part of the grain silos damaged in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion collapsed, just days after the two-year anniversary of the warehouse blast.
Lebanon's National News Agency confirmed the silo's partial collapse Sunday as videos of the damage appeared to circulate online. A Reuters witness reported seeing a dust cloud and what appeared to be smoke after the silo came down.
The silos have been on fire for weeks prior to Sunday's collapse, burning orange as many feared the damaged structures would eventually fall.
“It was the same feeling as when the blast happened, we remembered the explosion,” said Tarek Hussein, a resident of the nearby Karantina area, who was out buying groceries with his son when the collapse happened.
“A few big pieces fell and my son got scared when he saw it,” he said.
The British Embassy in Lebanon sent a tweet following the collapse, asking anyone indoors to close their windows and doors.
"If outdoors, wear a KN95 mask until reaching nearest closed space," the embassy warned.
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