FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Beirut's port area, as pictured from Ashrafieh, Lebanon September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese firefighters and army helicopters on Friday put out the remains of a huge fire at Beirut's port that had flared up a day earlier, barely a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding area.
Thursday's fire, which officials said was sparked by welding during repair work after last month's explosion, covered several districts of Beirut in a huge cloud of black, acrid smoke, causing panic in a city still on edge after the blast.
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