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The explosion last Tuesday, which was felt throughout the country and even in Cyprus, was registered by sensors of the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) at a power equivalent to a 3.3-point earthquake.
The big explosion was caused by a fire in a port warehouse where a large amount of dangerous ammonium nitrate was stored for a long time. This chemical is used as a fertilizer and as an explosive.
The blast injured at least 6,000 people. people, and more than 300 thousand. people were left homeless or their houses were demolished.
The news that dangerous chemicals had been considered a bomb in the heart of the Lebanese capital for years has come as shocking proof to many Lebanese of how rotten the country’s state apparatus is.
On Sunday, people called for new anti-government demonstrations after last night’s protests, during which angry protesters stormed various ministries, but the army was later expelled.
“A 43-meter-deep crater remained in the port after the explosion,” the Lebanese security official told AFP, citing an assessment by French experts at the site.
French police and rescue teams are part of a larger international team of experts who have come to Lebanon to help the country and ease pressure on local authorities to deal with the crisis.
Rescue teams from Qatar, Russia and Germany are also working on the scene of the blast in the port of Beirut.
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