No Casualties as Part of Building Collapses in Bourj Hammoud

The front of a vacant building collapsed in the Beirut neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud on Friday, reported LBC television.

No casualties were reported and damage has been limited to nearby power poles and parked cars, reported OTV.

The building, located on Tripoli Street and 300 meters from the Dora roundabout, was already partially torn down, said LBC.

This is the latest of a series of building collapses that have been taking place in Lebanon, the latest of which was the crumbling of a wall in a house in the town of al-Hallousiyeh in the Trye district in the South on Wednesday.

Prior to that a vacant building abutting a structure that collapsed in the coastal town of Tabarja, north of Beirut almost two weeks ago tumbled down on Tuesday.

The first building collapsed on March 9, killing an Indian worker and injuring seven others.

On Saturday, three students were killed and seven others injured when part of a cliff collapsed at the Bhanine school in the northern Minieh-Dinniyeh district.

The series of collapsed buildings began in January in Beirut’s Ashrafiyeh neighborhood when a collapse left 27 people dead.