An uncontrolled storage facility in northern Lebanon exploded, causing the Beirut Lebanon gasoline disaster.
early on Sunday and killed 20 people and struck the Mediterranean nation with the destructive economic
and political crises by burning dozens more during the latest catastrophe.
The causes of the explosion “along the border with” Syria were not immediately apparent. For months, fuel smuggling was underway.
The “Lebanese Red Cross reported” there -was an explosion of- a gasoline tanker and 20 corpses were
retrieved from the Tleil location near the border settlement. In a statement, 79 people injured or burned in the blast were evacuated.
Hours after the explosion, members of the Lebanese Red Cross were still seeking additional casualties in
the vicinity when
Lebanese troops closed the area.n kills 20, injuring others.
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The incident happened when the military seized the warehouse at Tleil,
Containing about 60,000 liters of gasoline, the gasoline was ordered to be distributed to local residents
People had come together to purchase the limited goods that could or would not be accessible on the
underground market at an excessive price in Beirut Lebanon
The official stated to the Associated Press that what triggered it was not apparent. He talked in
accordance with the rules on the condition of anonymity.
In the northern city of Tripoli, outside the Salam hospital, a lady collapsed when it was informed that her kid died.
“Oh my goodness. Oh my God. she remarked while weeping. “Why have you left Ahmad for me?”
A young guy nearby shouted: “we will go to your houses to burn you there,” referring to the political
leadership of Beirut Lebanon who has blamed the nation for decades of corruption and maladministration.
Marwa el-Sheik from Tleil waited for her brother and her burning brothers,
a retired soldier, who still missing in a hospital in Beirut, to bring some of the burnt casualties.
(Some people are burned beyond recognition) she told the AP. ‘They are victims of our politicians’ weaknesses and negligence that drove us to do that.’
An internet night video shows people gathering at the location and filled liters of gasoline before the
explosion. AP images showed what seemed to be part of a tanker exploding as the charge remained. The
area can be observed with Lebanese troops, vehicles of the Red Cross, and other trucks.
Northern Lebanon hospitals called for all kinds of blood donations.
Hamad Hassan, the Lebanese minister of health, has requested that those injured in the explosion be
admitted to hospitals in northern Beirut Lebanon, the capital city
also, the government will pay for their treatment.
Beirut Lebanon is facing a serious gasoline crisis, blamed for trafficking, stockpiling, and the inability of the cash-strapped Government to guarantee import fuel supplies.
Due to this scarcity, the nation has long crippled its household, relying upon private generators.
Most of them now have their engines switched off due to the paralyzing diesel scarcity.
On Saturday, the American University Medical Center warned that the fuel shortages, which would endanger the lives of its vital patients, might shut down in less than 48 hours.
Tleil is about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the Syrian border, but the readiness in the tanker to be smuggled in
Syria did not immediately appear. Where costs are much higher than in Lebanon.
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This week, after the centralized banking decision to terminate gasoline subsidies,
the fuel crisis worsened significantly, a decision which is expected to result in price increases for virtually all goods in Beirut Lebanon, as poverty and hyperinflation are on the rise.
Lebanese soldiers mobilized at gas stations on Saturday, forcing proprietors to sell to consumers.
Some proprietors of gas stations refused to sell and waited to benefit by raising the prices with the
termination of subsidies.
The Lebanese military is also attacking smugglers operating along the border with Syria and has in the
previous days seized thousands of gallons of petrol. El-Sheik claimed that the inhabitant of Tleil, where
the army gave them for free when the explosion occurred, had gathered around the seized fuel.
For decades Lebanon has experienced power cutbacks, partially due to large-scale corruption and
mismanagement of 6 million, including 1 million Syrians, in the tiny Mediterranean Nation.
Sunday’s explosion was the country’s worst deadly since 4 Aug. 2020, when “at least 214 people were killed” -at the port of Beirut-, hundreds injured and sections of the city damaged.
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Fuel explosion in Lebanon kills 20, wounding dozens
