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Port Fire Hits ICRC's Food Aid including '0.5 Million Liters of Oil'

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday said its humanitarian operations risked serious disruption as a fire at Beirut port hit a warehouse containing its food aid.

"The warehouse on fire is where ICRC stocks thousands (of) food parcels and 0.5 million" liters of oil, ICRC regional director Fabrizio Carboni said.

"Our humanitarian operation risks to be seriously disrupted," he added.

Source: Agence France Presse


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