BEIRUT—A huge hearth broke out Thursday at Lebanon’s major port, sending up a plume of smoke near the web page of the enormous explosion that devastated a swath of the country’s capital and killed nearly two hundred people today.

Persons in the vicinity rushed to get absent as firefighters tackled the blaze at a warehouse about five hundred yards from the blast web page. The Lebanese armed forces reported in a statement it experienced sent helicopters to assist extinguish the hearth.

The…