Electrical generator explosion at Beirut’s Hamra district torches cars, building

This photo collage, combined by the Lebanese National News Agency, shows snippets of the fire that erupted at a parking lot in the Hamra District earlier on Saturday. (NNA)

An abandoned building is pictured, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon November 9, 2024. (Reuters)

• Video footage showed some parked cars engulfed in flames as the blaze intensified

CAIRO: A large explosion on Beirut’s Hamra district on Saturday sparked a fire that engulfed several cars at a parking lot and caused smoke to spread massively across the area, local media reported.
Video footage showed some parked cars engulfed in flames as the blaze, which resulted from the electrical generator explosion, intensified.
The fire also spread to a nearby building, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said. 
The incident triggered panic as firefighting teams rushed to the scene, battling the blaze that remained out of control. 
Civil defense teams were working to extinguish the blaze and evacuate adjacent buildings, NNA added.