Do you hanker for the age of swing jazz ... one of the more atmospheric of Beirut's numerous faux-rustic trattoria. The tiny restaurant... This cosy, dimly lit bar in the backstreets of Gemmayzeh ...

But what do we know about where and how it happened? Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut turned their gaze to the port area of the city after a fire broke out There ...