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Fire at fireworks store in Jouret el-Ballout brought under control

Civil Defence and local officials said residents were evacuated and no casualties were reported.

Source reporting: 2026-11-02 14:08:00 UTC

By Lebanese Lobby Newsdesk 3 h ago · 1 min read
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A fire broke out on Monday, November 2, in a ground-floor store containing fireworks in a residential building in Jouret el-Ballout in Lebanon’s Metn district. L’Orient-Le Jour reported that Civil Defence brought the fire under control and continued cooling the site.

A Broummana municipal official told L’Orient-Le Jour that families had been evacuated and no casualties were reported. Flames reached balconies and damaged the building and a nearby property, the official said. Local outlet Hona Lebanon also reported a fire and exploding fireworks in Jouret el-Ballout. The cause was not established in those reports.

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