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Lebanon oil fire takes hours to contain

06:21 am on 12 October 2021

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A huge fire at an oil facility in Lebanon has taken three hours to contain, and has been called a near catastrophe.

It follows the devastating blast in Beirut last year, which killed over 200 people.

Lebanon is already in the grip of a severe energy crisis, and is dangerously short of fuel and electricity.

Beirut based correspondent Anchal Vohra spoke to Kim Hill.