Lebanese authorities are probing what caused highly explosive material stored unsafely for years to detonate in a mushroom cloud, wrecking swathes of the city and fuelling anger at a political class already blamed for the country’s economic meltdown. The army said on Saturday that seven people were still missing - three Lebanese, three Syrians and one Egyptian. The Aug. 4 explosion left 300,000 people homeless and caused $15 billion in direct damage, said the report issued on Sunday by the presidency of the council of ministers. It said 50,000 houses, nine major hospitals and 178 schools had been damaged. The outgoing government quit over the blast.

Source: bd News24 August 30, 2020 07:30 UTC