The staff of the civil defence forces of Lebanon continue to work on extinguishing a fire after an explosion in Beirut. This was announced on Wednesday, Sky News Arabia.
According to him, in the port area, where the explosion occurred on duty units of the Lebanese army. All roads leading to the harbour is blocked. Rescuers continue to sort blockages under which there can be people.
A powerful explosion occurred on Tuesday in the port area of Beirut, close to the naval base of Lebanon. The blast destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, cars, in many areas of the capital, glass was broken. According to local authorities, the cause of the explosion was the detonation of stored in the warehouse of 2,700 tons a confiscated customs in 2015 ammonium nitrate. According to the latest data, as a result of the incident killed more than 100 people, over 4 thousand injured. In the country the mourning is declared. The capital of Lebanon declared disaster area in the city for two weeks, introduced a state of emergency.
