Hope fades as rescue team continues to search Beirut



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It was on August 4 that 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut with devastating results. At least 191 people died and buildings were destroyed in much of the city.

Many people are still missing and may be buried under landslides.

When a Chilean rescue team It seemed to register a heartbeat and signs of breathing in one of the damaged houses, the hope arose that someone against all odds had survived even though it had already been a month since the explosion.

The search between stone and steel in what remains of the building in Beirut’s Gemmayzeh area continued on Saturday for the third day, writes the Daily Star. But despite the efforts of the rescue team, the search had not yet yielded any results. late on Saturday, Swedish time.

Instead, the person in charge could For the Chilean rescue force, Francisco Lermanta, affirmed that the sounds that were heard from someone breathing came from one of the members of the rescue force who was then inside the building.

“There are no signs of life,” Lermanta told Reuters.

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