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Added on the 05/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Images of the Beirut port on the morning of the one year anniversary of the deadly blast that rocked the Lebanese capital and levelled entire neighbourhoods, killed more than 200 people, wounded 6,500 others and pummelled the lives of survivors. IMAGES
Beirut, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- Families of Beirut port explosion victims gathered on Friday to remember their loved ones and mark ten months since a massive blast caused by the ignition of some 2,750 tonnes of stored ammonium nitrate devastated Lebanon’s capital.The explosion killed 171 people, left more than 6,000 people injured and upwards of a quarter-million Beirutis homeless. (Camera: WAEL HAMZEH). SHOT LIST: FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS GATHER OUTSIDE THE DEVASTATED BEIRUT PORT DURING A PROTEST TO MARK TEN MONTHS AFTER THE MASSIVE BLAST IN BEIRUT, LEBANON.
Beirut, Feb 4 (EFE), (Camera: Nabil Mounzer).- Six months after the Beirut Port explosion, the Lebanese authorities began to figure out plans for the future of ground zero of the blast that left over 200 dead and 6,500 injured.The rebuilding of the port, where there is still a large hole caused by August 4 explosion and only one building erected, will cost between $425 and $520 million, according to the World Bank estimations.FOOTAGE OF BEIRUT'S PORT AREA.
Gigantic plumes of thick black smoke billow from a huge fire that erupted at Beirut port, weeks after a deadly blast caused by hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate ripped through the capital. IMAGES
Rescue workers dig through rubble in a wrecked district of Lebanon's capital Beirut in search of possible survivors from a mega-blast at the adjacent port one month ago, after scanners detected a pulse. IMAGES