Beirut blasts: Lebanese Defense Council reveals likely cause
The Lebanese Supreme Defense Council has met over Tuesday’s massive blasts that occurred in the port of Beirut.President Donald Trump said United States Generals told himBut Lebanese security service explained that the explosion occurred as a door of the port’s hangar was being welded.
They said the repair was carried out because the door, which was the barrier of where explosive materials were stored, did not close properly.“2,750 tonnes – the amount of ammonium exploded in the port of Beirut – are materials that were seized in 2014 from the Rhosus dry-cargo ship, registered in Moldova, when it was heading to Africa and suffered damages during navigation.
“A spark led to the burning of explosive materials in the hangar that then led to a blast of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which is equivalent to 1,800 tonnes of TNT,” the council said, as quoted by LBCI.Back in 2014, the Rhosus cargo ship – owned by Igor Grechushkin, a Russian national – was abandoned in Beirut.
It carried ammonium nitrate and was prohibited from being unloaded or transferred to another vessel by port authorities. The government has announced that half of Beirut’s buildings were damaged, and hospitals overcrowded.
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