Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190

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The death toll from this month's Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon's caretaker government said in a report dated Sunday.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the damaged site following the explosion at Beirut port, in Beirut, Lebanon August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese authorities are probing what caused highly explosive material stored unsafely for years to detonate in a mushroom cloud, wrecking swathes of the city and fuelling anger at a political class already blamed for the country’s economic meltdown.

 

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Considering the epic size of that explosion, I'm very grateful that it's only 190. Still a massive loss of life, but I really thought it would be in the thousands. My heart goes out to those who've lost someone since this event.

Devastating, but America did that in the last 2 hours with the TrumpVirus.

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