Rescue teams are still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.BEIRUT -- Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands.
The blast was apparently caused by the ignition of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used for explosives and fertilizer, that had been stored at the port since it was confiscated from an impounded cargo ship in 2013. A team of 55 French rescuers that began work Thursday has found four bodies, according to Col. Tissier Vincent, the head of the mission. Lebanese firefighters are also working at the demolished port, where bulldozers and excavators were churning through the rubble.
Damaged hospitals, already strained by the coronavirus pandemic, are still struggling to deal with the wounded.
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