One of the former workers of the port, which became the center of the explosion, said that in his hangar for a long time kept pyrotechnics.
One of the former workers of the port of Beirut reported the facts, which can play a key role in the investigation of all the circumstances of the terrible blast recently in the Lebanese capital.
According to the statement of Yusuf chehadé, at the port, which became the center of the explosion, the bags of fireworks were stored together with explosive ammonium nitrate. Moreover, the number of fireworks in the hangar had dozens of packages, and the number of powerful chemical compounds – tons.
Chehadé, who emigrated to Canada in March of this year, told The Guardian that the military ordered him to store 2750 tons of chemicals in the warehouse No. 12.
Fireworks appeared in the room after the confiscation carried out at customs in 2009-2010-ies.
“In the warehouse No. 12 were 30 to 40 nylon packages of fireworks,” said a former worker, adding that he personally felt that they are delivered on a forklift.
He also noted that in the hangar was high humidity, stressing that he tried to complain about what is happening.
“It was a disaster waiting in the wings”, said Shehadi.
Customs also regularly drew attention to the danger of storing chemicals in such proximity to the homes of the people, however, the army refused to carry ammonium nitrate.
A former official of the port told me that, according to his colleagues, workers tried to repair the gate near warehouse No. 12 using the electric tool for half an hour before the explosion. He suggested, that the conduct of these studies could be the cause of the tragedy.
Earlier, certain experts, engaged in studying the incident in the Lebanese capital, pointed to the fact that the process of the explosion had specific features characteristic of explosions of pyrotechnics. So, as an example, in Associated Press, some experts cited the many sounds similar to clapping, whistling and leaving a flame spark.
