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Beirut, Aug 11 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- French firefighters are still treating injured people in Beirut after a massive explosion devastated the city's port area, leaving at least 171 dead and more than 6,000 injured.FOOTAGE OF THE OPERATION.
At Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, firefighters listen to their commander's instructions before leaving for Lebanon. After the double explosion in Beirut, French aid will be transported by two military aircraft with civil security personnel on board, several tonnes of equipment and a mobile medical post. SOUNDBITE
Beirut, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- The Lebanese firefighters continue this Friday extinguishing the small active lights of the great fire that broke out Thursday in the port of Beirut, although the main fire in a warehouse has already been extinguished. FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE AREA
Smoke billows as Lebanese firefighters quell a huge fire which erupted at a Beirut port warehouse containing food aid, threatening to disrupt humanitarian operations and sparking outrage among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion last month. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze just over a month after the August 4 port blast that killed more than 190 people, injured thousands and ravaged tens of thousands of homes. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lands on French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, docked in Beirut since August 14, to oversee aid distribution during his second visit to the port, ground zero of the colossal blast that killed more than 180 people, wounded at least 6,500 others, and devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI1WW556_EN