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August 5, 2020, 01.53 PM

BEIRUT, KOMPAS.com – Massive explosions that wreaked havoc in Lebanon on Tuesday has resulted in nearly 100 people dead and 4,000 injured.

Officials are expecting the numbers to rise as Lebanese rescue workers continue to dig through the rubble looking for survivors.

The blast happened at a Beirut port warehouse that stored highly explosive material.

It was one of the most powerful explosions in years in Beirut, Lebanon further bringing the country to its knees as it struggles with an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.

Read also: Beirut Hit with Massive Explosions, Damages and Injuries Reported

President Michel Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used in fertilisers and bombs, had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures, and he said that was "unacceptable".

He called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Officials did not say what caused the blaze that set off the blast. A security source and media said it was started by welding work being carried out on a hole in the warehouse.

"It's like a war zone. I'm speechless," Beirut's mayor, Jamal Itani, told Reuters while inspecting damage on Wednesday that he estimated would cost billions of dollars.

"This is a catastrophe for Beirut and Lebanon."

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