Aoun has promised a swift investigation into the detonation of what authorities say was more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at the port for years without safety measures.
Lebanese singer Fadia Tomb El-Hage performs with a choir at a concert for the victims of August's deadly Beirut blast, in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in Lebanon's capital, on September 20, 2020. The event was held in the gardens of the Sursock Palace, whose windows, red-tiled roof, ceilings and furniture were ravaged in the blast. Additional reporting by Ghaida Ghantous Editing by Alison Williams and Mark Heinrich. Absolutely horrendous.
The concert, which did not have an audience on site, but was instead broadcast on television and streamed online, kicked off with a rendition of “Li Beirut”, an ode to the city by famed Lebanese singer Fairouz.
A store of tyres and oil were on fire at Beirut port on Thursday, a Lebanese military source said, sending a huge column of black smoke over the Lebanese capital a month after a devastating blast at the port. Ammonium nitrate: What is ammonium nitrate? “It is impossible that things go on as before,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. Beirut explosion: NASA maps 'devastating result' of Beirut blast, Beirut fire: The port is on fire a month after an explosion devastated the Lebanese capital, Beirut fire: The cause of the fire is not known, Beirut fire: Construction workers ran from the fire, Donate to Beirut: How to help Lebanon after devastating explosion, Royal Navy to help reconstruct Beirut port after deadly explosion, Beirut explosion: British animal charity treats humans, Beirut blast: Scrabble to save survivor in rubble ONE MONTH later. The Lebanese army said on Wednesday that rescue teams pulled another body from the wreckage of a silo in the port. Maas gave a cheque for more than 1 million euros to the Lebanese Red Cross, part of 20 million euros in humanitarian aid from Germany. Five employees were wounded. The foreign ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed on Wednesday on the importance of creating “beneficial external conditions” for the formation of a new Lebanese government, the Russian foreign ministry said. The head of civil defence told Lebanon's AlJadeed television it was not certain what materials were burning.
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Volunteers and construction workers with bulldozers were still clearing wreckage from neighbourhoods, where rows of cars were flattened. “I just want someone to rebuild my shop.”. How explosive is it?
But he urged the public to stay calm, saying the fire was limited to one place. The event was initially to be held at the port, but was moved after the air quality around the site was deemed too poor after fires there earlier this month.
Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. The blast was caused by a huge store of ammonium nitrate that had been kept at the port in poor condition for years. How explosive is it? He told ScienceMag: "Some of the views in the street were ghastly.
He said his son was still suffering shock from the blast that ruined a swathe of capital near the port, leaving about 300,000 people without inhabitable homes and shattering windows across the city. “To be able to mourn, to take the time to really remember, it was important to have this moment of music,” artistic director Jean-Louis Mainguy said. “The international community is ready to invest but needs securities for these investments. The head of Lebanon's Red Cross, George Kettaneh, said there was no fear of another explosion as a result of the flames and said there were no injuries, although he said there were some people suffering from shortness of breath as a result. Lebanon on Sunday held a concert for the victims of last month’s deadly Beirut blast in the grounds of a 19th-century palace wrecked by the massive explosion. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. It is important to have a government that fights the corruption. Baby George, born amid Beirut blast, is 'light in the darkness', WHO seeking $76 million for Lebanon after Beirut blast, concerned about coronavirus.
Organizers asked Beirut residents to place a lit candle on their balconies or in their windows in commemoration of those killed. Psychologists warn: Outward appearances may mask deeper, inner trauma. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY . Further footage shared online shows terrified people flee from the huge flames in panic. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Kindly Share This Story. The Aug. 4 blast at a warehouse storing highly explosive material killed at least 172 people, injured some 6,000, left around 300,000 without habitable housing and wrecked swathes of the Mediterranean city, compounding a deep economic and financial crisis. Sitting amid the debris, Lebanese said the state had abandoned them. Humanitarian aid has poured in but foreign countries have made clear they will not provide funds to help pull Lebanon from economic collapse without action on long-demanded reforms to tackle systemic graft, waste, mismanagement and negligence. The international outcry was also swift as world leaders joined to show their solidarity with the Lebanese people affected by the disaster. Videos online show a large column of black smoke into the sky over the Lebanese capital.
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Television footage showed firefighters trying to douse the blaze at the port, where warehouses and concrete grain silos were shattered by the August 4 blast. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes.
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