⁍ Lebanon’s health minister told Reuters that the death toll from a massive explosion in the capital Beirut on Tuesday had reached 78.
⁍ He added that nearly 4,000 people had been injured.
⁍ ‘We are facing a real catastrophe and need time to assess the extent of damages,’ he said.
– An explosion in a central district of Beirut this morning killed at least 70 people and left many more missing, according to Lebanon’s health minister. “There are many people missing until now,” Hamad Hasan told Reuters. “People are asking the emergency department about their loved ones and it is difficult to search at night because there is no electricity. We are facing a real catastrophe and need time to assess the extent of damages.” The AP reports that the blast occurred in a busy commercial district of the capital.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-casualties/death-toll-from-beirut-blast-rises-to-more-than-70-says-health-minister-idUSKCN2502WK