Explosion In Beirut: 100 Dead, A Group Of Firefighters Are Missing
![]() |
The devastating devastation of the explosion in the port area near downtown Beirut. Photo: Reuters |
Beirut Mayor Marwan Abboud
said that, in addition to 100 deaths, more than 100 others are missing,
including a group of firefighters.
The Guardian in the
afternoon of 5/8 quoted the announcement of the Lebanese Red Cross that the
number of deaths due to the horrific explosion in the chemical storage near the
port in Beirut capital has reached 100, while the number of The injured are
more than 4,000.
Beirut Mayor Marwan Abboud
earlier told the media that more than 100 others were missing, including a
group of firefighters - who were mobilized to the scene of the extinguishing of
fires. "Beirut has never experienced anything like this," Mr.
Abboud said.
Mr. Abboud cried when he
mentioned the tragedy. "We need to be strong, we have to be strong
and courageous, even though the damage is too great," the mayor of the
city called and compared this incident with the incident of Japan's Nagasaki
and Hirosima Nuclear.
Earlier, about 2,750 tons
of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse at a port in Beirut exploded into two
episodes on the afternoon of August 4 (local time).
Jeffrey Lewis, a weapons
control expert at Middlebury International Research Institute in the United
States, said the explosion had struck more than 200 TNT explosives.
People in several
neighboring Middle East countries can also feel the vibration from the
incident.
Photos on local media show
that many high-rise buildings around the scene were destroyed, the glass doors
were blown up.
A region of the capital
Beirut looks like it just went through a war. Many witnesses said that
they had just experienced an atomic bomb explosion.
No comments