BEIRUT—A big fireplace broke out Thursday at Lebanon’s major port, sending up a plume of smoke in close proximity to the web page of the enormous explosion that devastated a swath of the country’s money and killed just about two hundred men and women.

Folks in the vicinity rushed to get absent as firefighters tackled the blaze at a warehouse about 500 yards from the blast web page. The Lebanese army mentioned in a assertion it experienced despatched helicopters to assistance extinguish the fireplace.

The…