Massive fire at a plastics factory in Metn region

July 11, 2011 ⋅ 1:16 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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A huge fire erupted Sunday night at the General packaging Industries (GPI) plastic factory which is located in the town of Mazraat Yachouch in Bikfaya area of the Metn region and civil defense teams are still struggling to extinguish it.

The cause of the fire is still unknown

The delay of the civil defense teams’ in reaching the fire scene reportedly led to the spreading of the fire to various parts of the factory. The defense teams are reportedly facing difficulties due to the high flammability of the raw materials used in plastic manufacturing and the thickness of the smoke, which has reached as far as Keserouan and Jbeil.

Large sections of the plant which is reportedly owned by Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud, were destroyed.

MTV reported that the fire was still raging at 2 pm local time and efforts to contain the fire are ongoing

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6 comments for “Massive fire at a plastics factory in Metn region”

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Anonymous

The importance of infrastucture …. or the lack of it.
Anonymous

Today the entire inhabitants of Mazraat Yachouch and Keserouan region have suffered from the burning of the plastic factory that belongs to this rogue politician.
Note to the viewers, the environmental impact on today’s incident is enrormous due to the release of massive amount of dioxins and other deadly toxins released in to the air which has now spread towards Keserouan and Jbeil regions.
This is a classic example of conflicts of interest, conflicts of interests occur when an officeholder puts his or her personal or financial interest ahead of the public interest. In the simplest terms, the official reaps a monetary or other reward from a decision made in his or her public capacity.
Finally, the great American thinker Noam Chomsky has long argued that the word ‘crony’ is superflous when describing capitalism. Since businesses make money and money leads to political power, business will inevitably use their power to influence governments.
I rest my case.

Anonymous

Wondered why it was ‘civil defense teams’ and not ‘firefighters’ trying to put out a fire … were they adding explosives and dogs to it too ?

Anonymous

That is one sure way to keep the tourist away.
Now to raise the price of all goods that come in plastic.
Anonymous

The fire is a sure way of keeping the tourists away.
It is also a good reason to raise the price of all goods that comes in plastic.
Anonymous

you forgot to mention minister abboud is top fpm member, that should give you an idea about the corruption and nepotism in aoun’s ministers and parliament members. one more fpm company to boycott.

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