{"id":63848,"date":"2022-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=63848"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:02:23","slug":"firefighters-prevented-from-stopping-beirut-port-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63848\/firefighters-prevented-from-stopping-beirut-port-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters Prevented From Stopping Beirut Port Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"A series of fires have been plaguing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63843\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Beirut port\u2019s surviving grain silos since Thursday<\/a> of last week. Yesterday, it was revealed that Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh ordered the Civil Defense not to approach the fire.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amid a series of fires that have broken out in the Beirut port grain silos in recent days, caretaker Public Works Minister tells me he had barred anyone\u2014including rescue teams\u2014from approaching the silos, adhering to regulations set by the Higher Defense Council.<br><br>Photo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSCarde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DSCarde<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ekYSNMMQac\">pic.twitter.com\/ekYSNMMQac<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sally Abou AlJoud | \u0633\u0627\u0644\u064a (@JoudSally) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoudSally\/status\/1547233263768543233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Hamieh cited a Higher Defense Council decision banning access to the area out of fears that the lives of the firefighters would be put in danger due to the possibility of the silos\u2019 collapse.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beirut port silos are burning again, civil defence says they&#39;ve been told not to intervene&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vR744WTu5h\">pic.twitter.com\/vR744WTu5h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jean-Marc Mojon (@mojobeirut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mojobeirut\/status\/1547271027574595589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  A decision taken by the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63464\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">demolish the silos earlier this year<\/a> was halted after complaints from August 4 victims\u2019 families.<br \/>  <br \/>  Activists have stated that the demolition of the silos would be equivalent 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