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The Lebanese army discovered more than four tons of ammonium nitrate on Thursday near the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, a month after explosions in that area that killed at least 191 people.
According to military sources, Army experts were summoned to carry out an inspection and ended up finding 4.35 tons of this dangerous fertilizer in four containers stored in an area near the port of Beirut.
No details were given on the origin of this chemical or its owner. This discovery is made precisely the day before a month after the tragedy of August 4, when 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut, causing at least 191 deaths, almost 6,000 injured and almost 300,000 displaced.
The August 4 explosions left a trail of destruction in the Lebanese capital, causing damage estimated in billions of dollars. In a statement, the Lebanese army indicated that the experts were “dealing with the potentially dangerous material,” in an apparent reference to it being destroyed and neutralized. After the tragic explosions of August 4, this is not the first discovery of its kind.
On August 24, the Lebanese army indicated that 79 containers of potentially dangerous material had been detected and illegally stored in the port of Beirut.
Along with French experts, elements of the US Federal Police (FBI) are also participating in the investigation of the 4 August explosions, at the request of the Lebanese authorities. The results of this research have not yet been published.
So far, authorities have detained a total of 25 people, most of whom are port and customs officials.
Meanwhile, and after a month of the explosions, rescuers were looking for a possible survivor under the rubble this Thursday in one of the districts of Beirut that was devastated after a thermal scanner detected a heartbeat, according to the governor of the capital Lebanese. Marwan Abboud.
The governor of Beirut reported that the first warning was given by a pisteiro dog from a Chilean rescue team deployed in the Lebanese capital. Thermal scanners picked up signals at the site, indicating the existence of one or two bodies under the rubble, according to the representative. “We hope someone makes it out alive,” the governor said. Seven people are still missing after the explosions, according to the Lebanese army.
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