Lebanese president Michel Aoun will convene an emergency meeting of the country's Supreme Defense Council, TASS reported referring to the Al Jazeera TV channel.

The meeting will discuss the situation over the fire in the port of Beirut, the channel noted.

As Al Arabiya TV channel reported earlier, a fire broke out Thursday at a warehouse of automobile tires and fuel and lubricants located in the area of​​the seaport of Beirut. Military helicopters are connected to the extinguishing. As the Lebanese Red Cross Society noted no one was injured as a result of the emergency.

According to representatives of the civil defense forces, there is no danger of fire spreading.