📰 4 sources 10 articles · 2 Nov 2026, 13:46 → 11 days ago

Fire and explosion in fireworks warehouses in Jouret el-Ballout

A fire broke out inside warehouses belonging to the Jris Naoum institution in the Jouret el-Ballout area, containing fireworks, producing a loud blast and thick white smoke. The flames later spread and threatened neighbouring residential apartments, while firefighting teams worked to contain them and the Jouret el-Ballout municipality issued a statement.

📍 Where things stand: Firefighting teams are continuing operations to control the flames and prevent their spread; no confirmed information is yet available on injuries or material damage, and the cause of the fire has not been clarified.

⏱️ Timeline

2 Nov 2026, 13:46 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported an explosion inside the Jris Naoum warehouses in the Jouret el-Ballout area, noting that the warehouses contain fireworks and that the white smoke covering the area came from a fire inside a warehouse belonging to the institution, with a blast heard shaking the area.
2 Nov 2026, 14:01 MTV Lebanon reported a huge fire breaking out in an apartment inside a building in the town of Jouret el-Ballout in the Metn district, spreading to several neighbouring apartments, while Civil Defence teams worked to extinguish it; it said the fire resulted from igniting fireworks. Aljadeed published a video documenting a huge fire in the area, without details on its causes, the extent of damage or any injuries.
2 Nov 2026, 14:41 The Jouret el-Ballout municipality issued a statement following the large fire in the town, according to LBCI Lebanon.
2 Nov 2026, 15:27 The fire spread from the warehouses in the Jouret el-Ballout area and came to pose a threat to neighbouring residential apartments, according to Lebanon Debate, which published details of the incident along with a video.
2 Nov 2026, 16:10 A headline reported that the Jouret el-Ballout fire opened the file of warehouses inside residential neighbourhoods, with Kanaan moving and issuing a warning.
2 Nov 2026, 16:45 The fire broke out inside one of the Jris Naoum institution's warehouses in the Jouret el-Ballout area containing fireworks, producing a loud blast and thick clouds of white smoke; firefighting teams continued operations to control the flames and prevent their spread, while no information was yet available on injuries or the extent of material damage, and the cause of the fire had not been clarified.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Location and nature of the fire

Fire inside the Jris Naoum warehouses containing fireworks according to lebanon debate
Fire in an apartment inside a building in Jouret el-Ballout that spread to several neighbouring apartments according to MTV Lebanon

Cause of the fire

The fire resulted from igniting fireworks according to MTV Lebanon
The cause of the fire had not been clarified according to Lebanon Debate

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

How the sources covered it

Coverage varied between focusing on the Jris Naoum institution's warehouses, their fireworks content and the flames spreading to threaten apartments (Lebanon Debate), focusing on a fire in an apartment inside a building that MTV attributed to igniting fireworks, limiting coverage to a video of a "huge fire" (Aljadeed), or highlighting the Jouret el-Ballout municipality's statement (LBCI Lebanon).

lebanon debate It led by identifying the site as the Jris Naoum warehouses containing fireworks, highlighted the blast and white smoke, then moved to the flames spreading and threatening apartments and to the file of warehouses inside residential areas with Kanaan's move and warning, without figures on injuries or damage.
MTV Lebanon It said the huge fire broke out in an apartment inside a building in the town of Jouret el-Ballout in the Metn district and spread to several neighbouring apartments, noted Civil Defence teams at work, and attributed the fire to igniting fireworks.
aljadeed It limited itself to reporting a "huge fire" in the Jouret el-Ballout area and publishing a video documenting it, without details on causes, the extent of damage or any injuries.
LBCI Lebanon It focused on the Jouret el-Ballout municipality's statement issued after the large fire in the town, without further details on damage or the cause of the fire.