Emergency workers and residents in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital city, are searching for survivors after yesterday’s massive explosion that killed at least 100 and wounded thousands more by lisettevoytko
was caused by an explosion of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate being held at a shipping port, leveled entire sections of the city.
At least 100 have been reported dead, according to George Kettani, secretary-general of the Lebanese Red Cross, while thethat other officials are expecting the death toll to rise as victims remain trapped in rubble and debris. Hospitals are overwhelmed as over 4,000 injured residents sought help, with some being treated in parking lots by flashlight, as night fell;“What we are witnessing is a huge catastrophe,” Kettani told Lebanese television news network Mayadeen on Wednesday.
The explosion knocked out electricity in much of the city, which limited emergency workers’ activity until Wednesday’s sunrise. Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab told reporters the ammonium nitrate had been in storage without “preventative measures” since it was confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014, which he called “unacceptable.”Why such a large amount of ammonium nitrate was allowed to be stored at the shipping port, and what set off Tuesday’s explosion.
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