A fuel tank explosion in Lebanon killed 28 people and injured 80 on Sunday.
A fuel tank explosion in Lebanon killed 28 people and injured 80 on Sunday as a crowd clamoured for petrol, authorities and medics said, the latest catastrophe to spark outrage in the crisis-hit country.
The health ministry said the explosion in Al-Tleil village in the Akkar region killed 28 people and wounded 80.Caretaker premier Hassan Diab's office declared a national day of mourning for Monday. Akkar residents torched an empty house thought to belong to the owner of the land where the explosion took place, the NNA reported.Health Minister Hamad Hassan said he was in contact with several countries to evacuate serious cases abroad.
"We were informed that the army was distributing gasoline... so people flocked to fill it in plastic containers," Marwa told AFP.The explosion was widely seen as a direct consequence of official negligence that had pushed the country deeper into free fall.Sawsan Abdullah burst into tears at Geitawi hospital when a doctor told her that her soldier son was in critical condition.
President Michel Aoun ordered a probe into the blast and chaired an emergency defence council meeting, his office said in a statement.The council also called on the government to task security forces with monitoring the storage and distribution of fuel to prevent further incidents.
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