Death toll rises to 135 and thousands injured in huge Beirut blast
President Michel Aoun said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures
05 August 2020 - 11:08
Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 135 people and injuring nearly 5,000 in a toll that officials expected to rise.
Tuesday’s blast at port warehouses storing highly explosive material was the most powerful in years in Beirut, already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections...
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