Part of building collapses in Tripoli on June 22, 2026. (Credit: courtesy of Michel Hallak/ L'OLJ)
TRIPOLI — An old building in Tripoli partially collapsed on Monday, wounding the operator of an excavator while he was removing debris and rubble at the site of a building that had previously collapse, according to our correspondent in the North, Michel Hallak.
The incident took place on Syria Street in the Tabbaneh neighborhood of Tripoli.
The vicinity of the building was evacuated following the collapse, and security forces arrived at the scene. Meanwhile, paramedics provided first aid to the injured man, who sustained various wounds and bruises, before transporting him to a hospital in the city for treatment. According to our correspondent, a state of caution and alert prevailed in the surrounding area over fears of further collapses.
On Feb. 8, a building collapsed in Tripoli’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, killing 13 people, including a three-year-old child, and injuring eight, just over a week after another collapse in the same city that killed a father and his daughter.
Multiple evacuations took place in Tripoli during the winter. Authorities have repeatedly warned of the increasing risk of building collapses in what is widely considered Lebanon’s poorest city and where infrastructure has sharply deteriorated amid chronic underfunding.
