The third plane EMERCOM of Russia flew to Beirut to assist the victims in the explosion in the port city. About it reported in a press-service of the Ministry, reports TASS.
On taking off from Saratov Board there are 15 specialists of Rospotrebnadzor, as well as equipment for field laboratory for detection of coronavirus. All technicians are equipped with special suits and remedies.
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 people, found the bodies of more than a hundred dead.
In law enforcement bodies of Lebanon said that the explosion happened 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.
Originally TASS reported that departed the plane was the fourth in a row. We apologize to readers.