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Beirut explosion: At least 100 confirmed dead , over 4,000 injured

Over 100 confirmed dead so far, thousands injured in Lebanon explosions

So far, over 100 people have been confirmed dead with thousands of wounded following twin explosions in Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday evening.

Rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut. The blast also inured 4,000, even as casualty figures are 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.

President Michel Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used in fertilisers and bombs, had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures, and he said that was “unacceptable.”

Officials did not say what caused the blaze that set off the blast. A security source and media said it was started by welding work being carried out on a hole in the warehouse.

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