Russian rescuers recovered from the rubble in the Lebanese port of Beirut the bodies of three victims of the explosion. This is with reference to the press service of EMERCOM of Russia, reports TASS.
“August 7, 2020 search-and-rescue services of EMERCOM of Russia on the site of the rubble in Beirut, discovered and retrieved the bodies of three dead from the explosion that occurred on 4 August at the port”, — quotes Agency the statement of the emergency services.
The first plane EMERCOM of Russia with rescue and humanitarian aid on Board arrived at Beirut airport on the evening of 5 August. He delivered a task force of ten people, 19 specialists of group “Tsentrospas” and psychologists to assist victims of the explosion in the port and mobile hospital of EMERCOM of Russia. The Agency admitted that can increase the grouping of rescuers in the capital of Lebanon.
A powerful explosion occurred in the port area on the evening of 4 August. The damage done to the many quarters of the city, the blast were hurt, the Embassy of Russia. According to the latest data, injured more than five thousand men, discovered the body 149 of the dead, several dozen people remain missing.
In law enforcement bodies of Lebanon said that the fire that caused the explosion that started at the time of welding. The Prime Minister of Lebanon Hassan Diyab said that the explosion occurred due to storage in a warehouse in the seaport capital of 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate.