29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 5 August 2020 - 12:30
Story Code : 381120

Iran ready to help Lebanese people: Spox

IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi voiced Iran's readiness for helping Lebanese brothers and sisters after a massive blast hit the country's capital.

Describing the deadly blast which left hundreds killed and wounded as regretful and worrisome, he said, "We follow up this incident and its news with great sadness."

Expressing solidarity and condolences to the Lebanese government and people, he reiterated Iran's preparedness to help the Lebanese brothers and sisters.

A massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut leaving a very high number of casualties.

A warehouse at the Beirut Port caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a huge explosion, Lebanons official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Several smaller explosions were heard before the bigger one occurred.

Abbas Ibrahim, the head of Lebanons General Security, said that highly explosive materials confiscated earlier had been stored at the site.

Footage shared on social media captured the moment of the bigger explosion, with a colossal shock wave seen traveling fast across several hundreds of meters and shrouding the area in thick smoke.

The blast left enormous material damage to the surrounding buildings and structures. But it was not immediately known how big an area was affected.

There was also no immediate casualty count. Graphic amateur video from the scene showed bodies strewn on the ground, with their clothes blown off.

The NNA said rescue operations were underway. Ambulances were seen heading toward the scene in central Beirut.

Lebanese LBC television channel quoted Lebanons Health Minister Hamad Hasan as saying that the blast had caused a very high number of injuries and extensive damage.

Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud said an unspecified number of firefighters dispatched to extinguish the initial fire had been killed in the explosion.

As they were putting out the fire, the explosion took place and weve [lost them], he said, breaking down on live TV.

The explosion comes at a time when the Arab country is passing through its worst economic and financial crisis in decades, and amid rising tensions with Israel.
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