by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 16, 2013 | Looks Like Beirut
I am once again left speechless. How exactly do burnt-out cars look like Beirut? A CAR trader who lost eight vehicles in a huge fire last night has spoken of the devastation at the scene. The vehicles were lost in a blaze at Southside Farm, Wooburn Moor, which began...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 26, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Wellington, New Zealand Fiery arson attacks on cars, boats and homes in and around Wellington has left much destruction with one resident clinging to the 30+ year old cliche: “It’s like Beirut,” says resident Colin Thompson, who had a car set alight outside his house...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 5, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
New York City, USA Thanks to Olivia Alabaster and Lauren Hamra for the link to this New York post: It may look like a scene out of downtown Beirut, but it’s actually lower Manhattan. Shortly after dropping off a vendor and his junk goods on Canal Street, this van...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 22, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Lancashire, UK Horror in the streets of Ormskirk following an attack by arsonists: SHOCKED residents were woken up in the middle of the night to see their cars on fire. The culprit set fire to a Peugeot van on Railway Path, Ormskirk. The blaze then spread to five...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 20, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Fires that look like Beirut are nothing new but how a scene of people lying on the ground on the streets of Winnipeg, Canada after being rescued by firefighters resembles Beirut is completely beyond me: [District fire chief Bruce] Duncan said the firefighters battling...