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Two enormous explosions rocked the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding thousands, leaving the Lebanese capital in fear and chaos.
The deafening second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, flattened the harbourside and sent a tornado-like shockwave ripping through the city.
Health Minister Hamad Hassan reported an estimated toll of 50 dead and 2,700 injured, calling it “a disaster in every sense of the word”.
The blasts were heard as far away as Nicosia on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, 240 kilometres away.
The cause of the explosions was not immediately known but a top official, General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim, said confiscated explosive materials had been stored at the city’s port. (AFP) page 5
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