A two week state of emergency has been declared, with the High Defense Council calling it a “devastated city” as officials continue to new and emerging details
According to Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, the cause of the explosion is still unclear but the investigation will focus on the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, an agricultural fertilizer, that was being stored in a portside warehouse.
that according to local media, “the head of Lebanon's customs authority said he had sent six memos to the country's judiciary warning that substances being stored in the port were dangerous to the public.”
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