Beirut, Lebanon-Massive explosion due to fertilizer ammonium nitrate rips through Lebanese capital Beirut
A terrible incident occurred at Beirut in Lebanon, a country in the Middle East, from the past few hours the news came that a powerful explosion happened on Tuesday, August 5, 2020 (IST +5:30) . According to the Lebanese health ministry report 73 people died and thousands of people (3700) are injured due to these devastating explosions and due to this explosions building is shaking and panic is spreading among the people of Beirut. The blasts were heard from approximately 240 kilometers away. The reason behind this incident was not immediately clear by the government, but General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim, a top official said confiscated materials had been stored in the city’s port. In the city’s port, there is a warehouse containing highly explosive material that was seized by the authority a year ago. After this incident, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun called an urgent meeting of the national defense council, and where Beirut was a disaster zone declared by the ...