Apocalyptic scenes as blasts ravage Beirut

05 Aug 2020 07:48AMBEIRUT: An entire port engulfed in fire, ships ablaze at sea and crumbling buildings: the site of theSoldiers cordoned off the area, littered with glass and debris from the explosion which officials said was the result of fire catching in a warehouse where hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored.A woman in her twenties stood screaming at security forces, asking about the fate of her brother, a port employee.

Inside the port itself, the hangars looked like charred cans, everything destroyed beyond recognition as fire-fighting helicopters flew overhead, dumping water.Every parked vehicle within a radius of several hundred metres sustained damage from blast, so big that it was felt in Cyprus, 240km away."CORPSES EVERYWHERE"

With the help of the security forces, civil defence teams scoured the area for corpses, as officers screamed at reporters who were trying to document the disaster.The confirmed death toll stood at 73 at 2:00am but with more than 3,000 wounded and hospitals struggling to cope, a much higher final count seemed inevitable.

"The ship is sinking in the water, the explosion caused an opening in it, and there are serious injuries on board," said an Egyptian member of the crew of one of the ships, Mero Star.

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