A soldier asked a driver to line up at a gas station in Beirut. The army should curb fuel hoarding.
Picture: dpa
A year ago, hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut Port, killing 214 people. In the midst of a large-scale economic crisis, Lebanon is sliding into a humanitarian disaster.
SecondAn explosion in a tanker truck in northern Lebanon killed at least 20 people.Lebanese claim that fuel truck exploded in Aqah area Red cross On the Twitter online service on Sunday. His emergency services found 20 bodies and sent 7 wounded to the hospital.
Initially, no information about the cause of the explosion was provided. A video of the fire was posted on the Internet. However, the authenticity of the image material could not be proven initially.
The worst economic crisis in history
In July last year, hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut Port, destroying the entire area of the Lebanese capital and 214 people died. Another 6,500 people were injured and about 300,000 people were left homeless.
For several months, Lebanon has been suffering from a severe economic crisis, with delivery bottlenecks leading to fuel storage. As a result, the army took up positions at gas stations in the country on Saturday and confiscated thousands of liters of gasoline and diesel.
Agence France-Presse
