Beirut residents determined to save heritage lost to blast

BEIRUT (AP) — In the streets of two Beirut historic neighborhoods, workers are erecting scaffolding to support buildings that have stood for more than a century – now at risk of collapse after the massive Aug. 4 explosion that tore through the capital. The explosion damaged thousands of buildings, including dozens of Ottoman and French mandate-era structures which had been among the few survivors of a years-old construction frenzy replacing traditional houses with modern buildings. T