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Beirut tire burning fiasco blackens East Beirut sky

Beirut tire burning fiasco blackens East Beirut sky
01/01
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Tires were reportedly set on fire just outside municipal Beirut in order to collect the metal wires for recycling. This would bring some money to the perpetrators, but at the cost of severe pollution for those who live or work in the vicinity.
  • Beirut tire burning fiasco blackens East Beirut sky

Despite causing a prominent black cloud across the late afternoon sky in eastern Beirut, there wasn't much media coverage of the issue. Reportedly, tires were set afire in order to remove the metal wires for scrap metal.

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